Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal stitched an 83-run stand after opting to bat first in opposition to South Africa within the second sport of the continuing tri-nations sequence. Whereas Mandhana obtained out after scoring 36, Rawal went on to smash her fifth consecutive fifty-plus rating within the ODIs.
Indian opener Pratika Rawal continued her spectacular kind in ODI cricket and scripted girls’s cricket historical past on Tuesday morning in Colombo, reaching the 500-run mark in simply her eighth innings. Rawal, who debuted in opposition to the West Indies in December final 12 months, has been sensational and constantly scored huge for India. Coming into the Tuesday encounter, Rawal wanted simply six runs to interrupt the world document for being the quickest girl to 500 runs in ODI cricket and the right-hander ended up smashing her fifth consecutive fifty-plus rating.
Rawal broke former England captain Charlotte Edwards’ document of reaching 500 ODI runs in simply 9 innings, and the Indian opener achieved it in her eighth.
Quickest to 500 runs in Ladies’s ODIs
Pratika Rawal (India) – 8 innings
Charlotte Edwards (England) – 9 innings
Kathryn Bryce (Scotland) – 10 innings
Nicole Bolton (Australia) – 11 innings
Wendy Watson (England) – 12 innings
Belinda Clark (Australia) – 12 innings
India determined to bat first in sunny situations in Colombo after a rain-hit opening sport in opposition to the hosts, Sri Lanka, a few days in the past. After a cautious begin, each Rawal and Mandhana went for his or her photographs, regardless that the latter’s innings was lower brief by Annerie Dercksen on 36. Rawal continued taking part in cricket photographs whereas taking minimal danger.
Rawal accomplished her fifth ODI fifty and seemed good to get a second hundred earlier than being cleaned up by the left-arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba on 78. Nevertheless, each the openers arrange a pleasant platform for the likes of Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh to fireplace as India look to get a rating in extra of 280 to problem the Proteas girls.
A win on Tuesday will maintain India in good stead for a spot within the closing, regardless that they must face each groups as soon as once more, every within the group stage, earlier than the ultimate will get determined. It has been begin for the Ladies in Blue within the tri-series and Rawal, particularly, to her ODI profession and would need to proceed the identical within the upcoming video games.