ICC women’s World Cup 2022: Smriti Mandhana bounces back from head injury, scores fifty in India women warm-up win over West Indies
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The in-from Smriti Mandhana compiled her 66 runs in 67 balls, hitting seven fours in the process before being dismissed by Cherry-Ann Fraser off her own bowling.
Team India will enter the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 with their tails up after opener Smriti Mandhana’s 67-ball 66 and the bowlers' disciplined show powered them to an 81-run win over West Indies in their final warm-up game on Tuesday (March 1). Kept under observation after taking a blow to her head during the team’s first practice match against South Africa on Sunday, the elegant Mandhana was in her element within two days from the injury, laying the foundation for India’s challenging total of 258 all out in the allotted 50 overs.
In reply, West Indies were stopped at 177 for nine at Rangiora Oval. India, who will face arch-rivals Pakistan in their campaign opener on Sunday, beat South Africa by two runs in their first warm-up game.
Opting to bat, 2017 edition finalists India were off to a poor start as Shafali Verma was bowled by Chinelle Henry for a duck. Deepti Sharma joined Mandhana in the middle and the two went about rebuilding the innings with a partnership that was broken after the two experienced campaigners had added 117 runs for the second wicket while maintaining a scoring rate of almost six.
A solid show with the bat
An impressive display with the ball #TeamIndia beat West Indies by 81 runs in the #CWC22 warm-up game. #INDWvWIW
