Smriti Mandhana created a record( record)

Bristol: The second T20I match is being played between India and England at Bristol’s County Ground. England won the toss and decided to bowl first. After losing the toss, the opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma came on the field to start the Indian innings and with this a big history was made. Actually, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana has created a record    ( record)  by participating in this match. Mandhana has become the second Indian woman cricketer to play 150 T20I matches. Not only this, she is only the third Indian cricketer overall to play 150 T20I matches. Earlier, only Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur were able to achieve this feat.

World’s first left-handed batsman

Including Smriti Mandhana, only 9 players in the world have played 150 or more T20I matches so far. Among them, Mandhana is the only left-handed batsman. From this, one can guess how big this feat of the Indian player is. Mandhana has played match-winning innings in many important matches for the Indian women’s team in her career so far and has made many records in her name, but this record of hers is very special in itself.

Players who played the most T20I matches

Harmanpreet Kaur – 179 Suzie Bates – 177 Danny Wyatt-Hodge – 175 Alice Perry – 168 Alyssa Healy – 162 Nida Dar – 160 Rohit Sharma – 159 Paul Stirling – 151 Smriti Mandhana – 150

The world record was also broken

Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma started the Indian innings in a fiery style. In the very first over, both of them together scored 11 runs. After this, she broke the world record by stealing a single on the first ball of the second over. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma together have made the world record for the highest run partnership in Women’s T20I. So far, Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma have had a total partnership of 2724 runs. Earlier this record was registered in the name of Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney.

Highest run partnership in Women’s T20I (any wicket)

2724* – Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma 2720 ​​- Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney 2556 – Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine 1985 – Isha Ojha and Tirtha Satish 1976 – Kavisha Egodage and Isha Ojha