Smriti Mandhana batting vs England
With the battle for the final berth currently underway at Edgbaston, it was the Smriti Mandhana show in the first half hour of the semi-final bout between India and England.
Drives, sweeps, pulls - Mandhana with her nonchalant strokeplay batted like a dream in the knockout affair. Besides giving India a mighty edge with her blistering start, the southpaw's fearless attitude has reaped rewards for her as well.
Smashing her way to a 23-ball fifty, Mandhana registered the quickest half-century for India in women's T20Is. The 26-year-old shattered her own record as she had scored a fifty off 24 deliveries versus New Zealand in 2019.
Mandhana has now broken into the elite list of the fastest fifty-scorers among the women in the international T20s. She, currently, stands joint-fifth in the record books.
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