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India has set a target of 271 runs in front of Sri Lanka while batting first. In this first match of the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 affected by rain, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. India’s opener and world number-1 batsman Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for just 8 runs. But for India, Deepti Sharma and Batting on the eighth order, Amanjot Kaur played a strong innings of 57 runs.
The Indian team started poorly, as in-form batsman Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for just 8 runs. Mandhana has come to play 2 centuries in a consecutive century against Australia a few days ago, but flopped in the first match of the World Cup.
Make 269, then target 271?
The Indian team scored 269 runs in this match, then how did Sri Lanka get a target of 271 runs. Actually, there was rain in the match, due to which the number of overs in each innings was reduced to 47. Team India scored a total of 269 runs, but due to the DLS Method, Shrelaanka will have to score 271 runs to win in 47 overs.
At one time the Indian team lost 6 wickets for just 124 runs. Pratika Rawal returned to the pavilion after scoring 37 runs, captain Harmanpreet Kaur after just 21 runs. Harleen Deol scored 48 runs, meanwhile, Jemimah Rodriguez was dismissed without opening an account on the first ball. Wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh could also score only 2 runs.
In this difficult situation, Deepti Sharma and Amanjot Kaur got a partnership of 103 runs and returned Team India. Deepti scored 53 runs, while Kaur contributed 58 runs. It seemed at one time, Team India would be able to reach a score of 250, but Sneh Rana played a cameo innings of 28 runs in 15 balls to bring India to a big score of 269.
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