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Derby: Smriti Mandana’s half-century clinches India Women’s 2nd Twenty20 of the series against England. India leveled the three-match series at 1-1 with an eight-wicket win in the second Twenty20.
After winning the toss in the derby, England scored 142 runs for the loss of six wickets. England bounced back from 54-5 down. Freya Kemp, who scored 51 runs from 37 balls, saved England. Among the Indian bowlers, Sneh Rana took three wickets, Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma took one wicket each.
.@mandhana_smriti bags the Player of the Match award for a terrific unbeaten -run knock as #TeamIndia beat England in the 2nd T20I to level the series.
It all comes down to the decider to be played on Thursday.
Scorecard https://t.co/Xvs9EDrb2y #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/WTwA7nXshP
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 13, 2022
Mandana and Shafali got off to a good start in the chase
Mandana and Shafali put up a half-century partnership for India, who were chased down. After Shafali returned after scoring 20 runs, Hemalatha also left the crease. But captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who stood with Mandana, did not fall into other dangers and led India to victory.
Mandana was the star of the game as he scored 79 runs and remained unbeaten. Mandana’s innings was accompanied by 13 boundaries from 53 balls. Harmanpreet remained unbeaten on 29 runs off 22 balls. The third Twenty20 will decide the winner of the series on Thursday.
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