Mithali Raj held the fastest 50 record before Mandhana.
Smriti Mandhana (Photo Credit-Twitter)
Star Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana created history on Sunday in the third T20 International match of tri-nation T20 tournament between India and England played at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
Mandhana won the heart of Indian cricket fans with her sensational 76-run knock.
Mandhana took only 25 balls to complete her half century, and by doing so, became the third International player and the first Indian player to achieve this feat.
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She has been in a rampaging form and @mandhana_smriti hits the fastest fifty for India Women 52 off 25 (8×4,2×6) @paytm #T20I #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/9MMqbPeMjX
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 25, 2018
Earlier, in the first T20I match, Mandhana had scored the fifty on just thirty balls and surpasses Mithali Raj’s record. Indian women’s ODI team skipper Mithali Raj held the fastest 50 record before Mandhana. Raj had taken 36 balls to complete her 50.
And today Mandhana shattered her own records by scoring her half-century on 25 balls.
Mandhana’s 76-run knock against England is also her highest score in T20 cricket. During her knock, Mandhana faced 4o deliveries and struck 12 fours and two sixes.
Earlier, talking about India’s humiliating defeat against Australia, Mandhana admitted that Women-in-Blue were not learning from their mistakes from their previous game. The 21-year-old cricketer blamed herself for the loss and said she threw her wicket away.
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