India stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana said the five-year wait they had to endure to win a T20I series at home did not “reflect” on the team’s ability, she said on Thursday Colleagues were reminded of this fact before the series decider. On the batting front, India put up a dominant batting performance. Mandhana (77; 47 birds) paved the way for Richa Ghosh (54; 21 birds) to equal the joint fastest 50 mph record as the hosts posted a highest T20I total of 217 /4. In reply, West Indies were restricted to 157/9 as India sealed the three-match series 2-1, their first series victory at home since 2019.
“After the last game, I told the girls that we have not won a T20I series in five years. That does not reflect on our team,” Mandana said.
“I told them we had a chance to do it today and we just want to keep doing the right thing,” Mandana added.
Mandana scored her third consecutive fifty, continuing her hot form in the ODI series Australia, where she hit a century in the previous game.
“We’ve got some young guys coming in in the batting lineup, so there’s a little bit of extra responsibility, and if you really put your mind to it, that kind of thing goes really well, and when I do that, I’m probably going to hit the ball better. “We lost all three overs so had to bat first, which is a harder thing (here). Really happy that we were able to score (scores) and like the way Richa is batting.” In the absence of Manpreet Kaur, she said: “Harman has been the backbone of the middle-order. Whenever she is there, you know that if something happens, she will be there too.” She also added on rookie Raghu Full of praise from Vee Best, he scored 31 not out off 22 balls.
“The girls performed beautifully. The way Raghuvi batted was impressive. She hit the fourth or fifth ball with a lot of intention for a six and I was in the second over That couldn’t be said about the match and Man of the Match Richa attributed the victory to his team’s strong start.
“We got off to a good start, the way everybody hits the ball. I just want to keep going and try to hit the ball every time the ball is in my spot,” Richa said.
“With the Nets, I think about the game and try to clear (the fence). If the ball is in my slot, whether it’s the first ball or the last ball, it doesn’t matter. When you contribute, it feels really good (towards the With a win like this and a series win like this). West Indies captain Hayley Matthews admitted that their bowling lacked discipline on challenging wickets.
“We probably didn’t bowl as well as we would have liked. This was one of those wickets where we had very little margin for error. We didn’t hold on to the ball and missed our length more than we would have liked,” Mathieu said. Si said.
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