India tour of Australia: Smriti Mandhana is 'world class' says coach SS Das

Smriti Mandhana had been in poor form, the team’s batting coach Shiv Sundar Das ensured that she will get over.

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Smriti hit a good 86 runs for the team in the second women’s ODI in the series on Friday. She achieved her 19th half-century hitting 11 boundaries in total. While Smriti returned to her initial form, she maintained two crucial partnerships, one with Richa Ghosh where she scored 76 runs and another with Shafali Verma where she scored a total of 74 runs.
Mandhana and Shifali had scored a 68? 0 in the first 10 over into the match which brought great leadership to the team and got them the upper hand in the match. The duo had everything going good until spinner Sophie Molineux entered the field and she changed the direction of the game in the 12th over. 

While the two had good sync together, there was a little mix up which led to Mithali Raj being run out at just 8 runs and then soon Yastika also joined Mithali after 3 runs. The Indian team did reach the 250 mark because of the contribution of the players who came after. Pooja Vastrakar scored 29 while Jhulan scored 28 with not out. 

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The combined ahead start was a big advantage for the team during the match which covered up most of the damage caused soon after.


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