Digital Desk: At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, India Women's semi-final match versus England got off to a fast start on Saturday thanks to a scorching half-century from Smriti Mandhana. In just 23 pitches, the left-handed batter at Birmingham's Edgbaston stadium reached the 50-run threshold. She attacked the game from the start. The Indian vice skipper shattered her own mark for the quickest fifty by an Indian hitter in T20 Internationals ever.
In her 32-ball
61, Mandhana, who began with Shafali Verma, hammered the opposition bowlers
with eight fours and three sixes. The daring player had before scored a 50 off
just 24 balls in a 2019 match against New Zealand. Notably, Mandhana also holds
the record for the third-fastest T20I fifty by an Indian. In an earlier matchup
with England in 2018, she had reached the milestone in 25 deliveries.
India's fastest
half-century in women's T20Is (in balls)
Smriti Mandhana*
vs. England, 2022, position 23
Smriti Mandhana
versus New Zealand, 2019, matchup
vs. England,
Smriti Mandhana, 2018
Mandhana joined
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma on an elite set of batters with her thunderous
strike. After the first six over of the powerplay, she currently holds India's
highest individual T20I score. Prior to Rahul, Rohit shared the record with 50
runs. Next on the list was Shafali, who scored 49 runs against South Africa.
highest
individual powerplay score for India (T20Is)
50 - Rohit Sharma
vs. NZ 51 - Smriti Mandhana vs. ENG*
50 - SCO vs. KL
Rahul
49 - SA vs.
Shafali Varma
Mandhana mistimed a scoop to the short fine leg defender, ending
her frenzied inning. With a strike rate of 190.62, she was sent back to the pavillion in the
ninth over.
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