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Smriti Mandhana: The fifth and final match of the five-match T20 series between India and England women’s team is being played at Edgbaston. In this match, the England women’s team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Smriti Mandhana (Smriti Mandhana’) managed to score 8 runs in this match from India. But during this innings of 8 runs, she made a big record in her name.
The record of scoring the most runs in a bilateral series against England women’s team is now in the name of Smriti Mandhana. She scored a total of 221 runs in this series against England. Earlier this record was in the name of Australia’s legendary opener Beth Mooney, she scored 217 runs in the three-match T20I series against England in 2017. Now Smriti Mandhana has broken this record of hers.
Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly in the ongoing series against England
Let us tell you that Smriti Mandhana scored a century in the first match of the T20 series against England. There she played an innings of 112 runs. After this, her bat flopped in the second match and she was out after scoring 13 runs. After this, she played an innings of 56 runs in the third match. At the same time, in the fourth and fifth matches, she was out after scoring 32 and 8 runs respectively. Her performance has been excellent in this series and she is at the top of the list of highest run scorers. She has scored 221 runs in 5 matches at an average of 44.21, which includes one century and two half-centuries.
Mandhana had a chance to complete 4000 runs in T20 International in this match, but she could not do so. She needed 26 runs to achieve this feat. But she could score only 8 runs.
Team India has already won the T20 series
Team India has already won this five-match series 3-1. Team India won the first two matches, while England won the third match by 5 runs. After this, Team India made a strong comeback in the fourth match and managed to win by 6 wickets. Now it remains to be seen which team wins this fifth match of the series.
