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[Watch] Smriti Mandhana Walks In Shame As She Drops A Catch Like A School Girl

Aashay Chopade

Smriti Mandhana drops a catch against Ireland (Source:@21OneTwo34/X.com)Smriti Mandhana drops a catch against Ireland (Source:@21OneTwo34/X.com)

The Indian Women team is up against Ireland Women in Rajkot and the visitors after losing some early wickets are showing lot of fight with a 100-plus stand for the fifth wicket. Gaby Lewis, the skipper of Ireland is batting cautiously while Leah Paul has taken an aggressive route and has notched up her fifty as well.

However, India had a great chance to break the partnership in the 33th over when Leah Paul top-edge a delivery to wide mid on. Leah Paul was batting on 45 at that time and tried to play a slog sweep towards deep mid-wicket. However, the Saim Thakor managed to find a top edge and the ball went high in the air to the right of Smriti Mandhana.

Ireland Fightback After Early Hiccups

She got under it and it looked like a comfortable catch. However, Smriti Mandhana made a mess of it and it was quite a shock for her teammates and fans assembled at the ground. The Indian skipper too realised her mistake and walked with her head down in shame as Mandhana knew that she missed the golden chance.

India now need to find a way to break the partnership as soon as possible and keep Ireland in check. The visitors won the toss and decided to bat first in the day game, and it was Titas Sadhu who got the first wicket. Priya Mishra then picked two wickets and has continued her good run-of-form since making her debut against New Zealand.