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Mandhana-Shefali’s historic partnership at Lord’s The ‘golden pair’ of Indian women’s cricket Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma once again proved their class on Sunday. In the ‘do or die’ match of the T20 World Cup against Australia, these two openers made a brilliant partnership of 66 runs for the first wicket at the historic ground of Lord’s. With this performance, he has made the world record of scoring the most runs against any one opponent team in T20 International cricket. He has now touched the total partnership figure of 772 runs against Australia, which is a record in this format.
Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine’s record broken This pair of Mandhana and Shefali has broken the record of New Zealand’s legendary pair Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine. Earlier, Bates and Divine had the record of partnership of 732 runs against South Africa. This feat of Mandhana-Shefali not only shows the depth of India’s batting but also proves how reliable the pair is even in difficult situations. Interestingly, 3 out of the top 5 records in this list are in the name of the pair of Mandhana and Shefali, in which they have also added hundreds of runs against England and Sri Lanka.
Team India’s aggressive start in the race for semi-finals To keep the semi-final hopes alive, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur took the bold decision of winning the toss and batting first. Harmanpreet said that today is a day for the team to have ‘fun’ and play freely. For this match, Kranti Gaur has been included in the team in place of Nandini, which is considered an important change according to the circumstances. The Australian team has also entered the field with its full strength. This explosive start given by Mandhana and Shefali on the Lord’s pitch is a big psychological advantage for Team India. Now all eyes are on whether the Indian bowlers will be able to defend this score and defeat a strong team like Australia.