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India beat Ireland in semi-finals of Women’s T20 World Cup

Opener Smriti Mandhana struck a blistering half-century as India beat Ireland by five runs using the Duckworth-Lewis method in their rain-affected last league match of Group 2 of the Women’s T20 World Cup here on Monday. With this win, India sealed their semi-final berth with six points from four matches. England have already sealed their place in the semi-finals from this group.

Opener Smriti Mandhana’s format-best blistering 87 helped India post a competitive 155 for six as they restricted Ireland to 54 for two in 8.2 overs when play was stopped due to rain. . The Indian team has reached the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup for the third time in a row. The team was last runner-up in 2020. Chasing the target, Ireland lost two wickets in the first over itself.

Amy Hunter was run out on the brilliant fielding and throw of Jemima Rodrigues, while Renuka Singh bowled the in-form Orla Prendergast without opening the account. After this, opener Gabby Lewis (32 not out in 25 balls) and captain Laura Denly (17 not out in 20 balls) tried to get Ireland back in the match by sharing an unbroken 53-run partnership in 45 balls for the third wicket. However, the rain ruined their efforts.

Earlier, left-handed batsman Mandhana hit nine fours and three sixes in an attractive 56-ball innings. She got the team off to a strong start by sharing 62 runs for the first wicket with Shefali Verma (24) and 52 runs for the second wicket with captain Harmanpreet Kaur (13). On a difficult pitch to bat on, Shefali and Harmanpreet struggled to score runs but it didn’t affect Smriti. Shefali hit three fours in her 29-ball innings while Harmanpreet failed to hit a single boundary in her 20-ball innings.

For Ireland, Delany took three wickets while Prendergast took two wickets. Arlene Kelly had a breakthrough. India won the toss and decided to bat. Smriti and Shefali added 62 runs in the first 10 overs. Shafali once again failed to convert her start into a big innings. She returned to the pavilion after being dismissed by Delaney. While Harmanpreet was struggling to score runs, Smriti was stealing runs by running along with taking the ball across the boundary line.

She brought up her half-century with a six off leg-spinner Cara Murray. After this, taking an aggressive approach, he hit two consecutive fours against Georgina Dempsey. He also hit a six against this bowler. Denelli brought Ireland back into the match by dismissing Harmanpreet and Richa Ghosh (0) in successive balls.

However, this did not affect Smriti, who after hitting two fours against Kelly, hit a four and a six in Denali’s over. He was caught by Prendergast in an attempt to hit another six. Deepti Sharma (0) also returned to the pavilion on the next ball. Jemima Rodrigues hit two fours in the last over to take the team’s score past 150. He was stumped on the last ball. He scored 19 runs in 12 balls with the help of three fours.

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