Watch: Casual Running Costs Smriti Mandhana Big During India Women's First Test vs Australia

23.12.2023 - 13:44 sports.ndtv.com

India Women opener Smriti Mandhana was on song on Friday. On Day 2 of the first Test against Australia at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the left-handed batter scored a superb fifty.

Smriti was en route to a century when a casual approach in running cost her big. The incident took place on the fourth ball of the 39th over when Smriti was trying to steal a single.

The batter jumped forward on the bowling of Ashleigh Gardner and sliced the ball towards backward point. Kim Garth, the fielder at short third, ran to her left and threw the ball at the non-striker's end where Gardner collected the ball and clipped off the bails.

A casual running from Smriti saw the batter being just inches short of her crease. Smriti departed at the score of 74. Watch the dismissal here: Mandhana misses out on well deserved century pic.twitter.com/8gSwmQGE3j After dismantling England by 347 runs in the one-off Test earlier this month, India Women will be eager to hand a similar thrashing to Australia in Mumbai.

cricket India Women Australia Women Test watch first test Ashleigh Gardner Smriti Mandhana Australia India

India's women's team batter Yastika Bhatia has named star batter Smriti Mandhana as her favourite player. The 23-year-old received her maiden call for the India team in September 2021 She talked about watching Adam Gilchrist and how Smriti became her favourite. "Initially, I didn't follow anyone. I just wanted to enjoy batting. Then gradually, I also started focussing on wicketkeeping. I used to watch Adam Gilchrist. He was Australia's wicketkeeper-batsman. Then once Smriti di made her debut, she became my favourite immediately," Yastika said. The young batter expressed her excitement to don the Mumbai Indians jersey ahead of Women's Premier League Season 2. In her debut season for the Mumbai Indians, Yastika played 10 matches and amassed 214 runs at a strike rate of 112.04.

India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I Live Score Updates

India Women vs Australia Women 3rd T20I, Live Updates:India women's cricket team will be squaring off against Australia in the third and final T20I on Tuesday in Navi Mumbai. The three-match series currently levelled at 1-1 and both the teams will be putting their best foot forward, in order to clinch the victory. Earlier, Deepti Sharma's all-round effort went in vain as Australia cantered to a six-wicket win against India in the second women's T20. (Live Scorecard)

India Women vs Australia Women 2nd T20I Live Score Updates

India Women vs Australia Women 2nd T20I Live Updates: Australia Women have won the toss and opted to bowl against India Women in the second T20I match in Navi Mumbai. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will aim to seal the series as it has already won the first game by 9 wickets. Meanwhile, Australia will aim to bounce back and keep the series alive. In the first game, Titas Sadhu, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma were the star performers for India. (Live Scorecard)

Mercurial India Women Wary Of Australia Backlash In Search Of T20I Series Win

A mercurial Indian Women's team will be keen to produce another all-round show as they look to seal the three-match series against Australia in the second T20I in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. Putting behind the disappointment of a 0-3 hammering in the ODIs — marred by poor efforts in all areas — India Women came out firing on all cylinders in the first T20 to thrash Australia by a huge nine-wicket margin for the first time in history. Criticised for being sloppy in the ODIs, India were spectacularly athletic in the field on Friday, while the bowlers led by young Titas Sadhu did not allow Australia to get away at any stage in the first half of the opening T20.

India vs Australia, 1st Women's T20I Live Score Updates

IND-W vs AUS-W, 1st T20I, Live Updates:India women's cricket team won the toss and opted to bowl against Australia in the first T20I of the three-match series on Friday in Navi Mumbai. For the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side, plenty will be at stake after a 0-3 hammering against Australia in the recently-concluded ODI series, having earlier lost a three-match T20I series to England. The historic wins in the one-off Test each against England and Australia notwithstanding, Harmanpreet's side has a lot of ground to cover in white-ball cricket to improve its dismal record against Australia. (Live Scorecard)

India vs Australia Live Streaming 1st Women's T20I Live Telecast: Where To Watch For Free?

India women's cricket team will be squaring off against Australia in the first T20I of the three-match series on Friday in Navi Mumbai. For the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side, plenty will be at stake after a 0-3 hammering against Australia in the recently-concluded ODI series, having earlier lost a three-match T20I series to England. The historic wins in the one-off Test each against England and Australia notwithstanding, Harmanpreet's side has a lot of ground to cover in white-ball cricket to improve its dismal record against Australia. Both the teams will be putting their best forward, in order to register a thumping win.