Following a commanding efficiency by the kids within the opening match, India will eye one other medical show from them to seal the three-match sequence when it faces Eire within the second ladies’s ODI right here on Sunday.
Regardless of fielding a comparatively inexperienced aspect, India Girls loved an ideal day within the first ODI, registering a six-wicket win to take a 1-0 sequence lead.
Captain Smriti Mandhana continued her positive kind, laying the inspiration with a forceful 41, whereas the efforts of Pratika Rawal and Tejal Hasabnis, who shared a 100-plus partnership to steer the chase, have been essential.
Their performances are an enormous enhance for the crew, particularly with common skipper Harmanpreet Kaur lacking from the line-up after she was rested for this sequence.
Tempo spearhead Renuka Singh, the very best wicket-taker within the earlier sequence towards West Indies, was additionally rested for this sequence.
In her absence, younger Titas Sadhu stepped up, hanging in her first spell. Sayali Satghare additionally impressed, taking a wicket, whereas Saima Thakor bowled a tidy 10-over spell.
Spinner Priya Mishra had a notable outing with two fast wickets, and vice-captain Deepti Sharma additionally performed her half.
Mandhana, who had beforehand captained India towards New Zealand, managed the inexperienced squad in glorious method, and the administration is perhaps happy with the bench power forward of the house ODI World Cup later this yr.
Nonetheless, India’s fielding was sub-par within the first ODI.
The Indians dropped Leah Paul twice, permitting Eire to get better from a precarious 56 for 4 to go previous the 200-run mark. The Indian bowlers may even look to execute their plans in a greater strategy to preserve Eire beneath 200 and shut out the match with extra ease.
For Eire, captain Gaby Lewis performed the lead act with an outstanding 92, however lacked assist from the center order. Paul, benefitting from her possibilities, additionally struck a half-century. Eire will want extra intent from different batters to problem India.
The most important disappointment for Eire was its bowling assault.
Aside from Aimee Maguire, who took three wickets, the remainder of the bowlers have been costly and ineffective as India chased down the goal with greater than 15 overs to spare.
Sitting on the backside of the Girls’s Championship desk, Eire will want an entire elevate in its efficiency degree to safe its first-ever ladies’s ODI win towards India.
THE SQUADS
INDIA WOMEN
Smriti Mandhana (c), Deepti Sharma (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chetry (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Raghvi Bist, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwer, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Sayali Satghare.
IRELAND WOMEN
Gaby Lewis (c), Ava Canning, Christina Coulter Reilly, Alana Dalzell, Laura Delany, Georgina Dempsey, Sarah Forbes, Arlene Kelly, Joanna Loughran, Aimee Maguire, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Una Raymond-Hoey, Freya Sargent, Rebecca Stokell.