Smriti Mandhana of India (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) India Women beat Australia Women by 17 runs in the third T20I in Adelaide on Saturday to win the series 2-1. Smriti Mandhana was the star with the bat while Shree Charani and Shreyanka Patil impressed with the ball for India.India won the toss and elected to bat first. Mandhana and Shafali Verma opened the innings. India had an even start but Shafali got off early.
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Mandhana then built a strong partnership with Jemimah Rodrigues and helped India take control of the match. She played a brilliant innings and scored 82 runs off 55 balls, hitting several boundaries and sixes. Mandhana reached her fifty in just 38 balls and kept the score ticking with confident strokes.Jemimah Rodrigues also played well and scored 59 runs while Richa Ghosh added some quick runs at the end with 18 balls from 7. India lost a few wickets in the final over but still finished with a strong total of 176 for 6.In response, Australia started aggressively. Openers Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney scored quickly in the first over but India were quick to strike back. Shreyanka Patil Volla dismissed and Shree Charani got Mooney soon after. Ellyse Perry was also dismissed early, leaving Australia at 32 at 3.Ashleigh Gardner batted hard for Australia scoring 57 runs but didn’t get much support from the rest of the batsmen. Indian bowlers took wickets regularly and Australia finished on 159 for 9, 17 runs behind.Shree Charani and Shreyanka Patil took three wickets each and played a big role in restricting Australia. Mandhana was named Player of the Match for her match-winning innings.With this win, India sealed the T20I series 2-1 in Australia.
