Women's World T20: India beat Australia- Here're records broken
Indian women's cricket team stunned the world's best side Australia in the ongoing ICC Women's World T20. In this top of table clash in Group B, the Kaur-led India defeated Aussies by 48 runs. Both teams have already qualified for the semis. Batting first, India posted 167/8. In reply, the Aussies failed to get past the stiff target. Here're the records broken.
Mandhana comes alive after fluent 83-run knock
Indian eves saw Smriti Mandhana come to life in this crucial encounter with the youngster scoring a superb 55-ball 83. Smriti was the savior for India and struck 9 fours and 3 sixes. She shared a 68-run stand with skipper Harman Kaur (43) which helped India post 167 runs on the board. The in-form Kaur smashed 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Mandhana slams the fastest half-century for India in WT20
This was for the first time that Mithali Raj was absent from India's starting line-up in a World T20 match. She had participated in all of India's 24 matches prior to this. Mandhana's fifty came off just 31 balls. It is the fastest for India in Women's World T20. The previous fastest was by skipper Kaur against New Zealand (33) earlier in this tournament.
Poonam, Schutt are the joint-highest wicket-takers
Australian eves pacer Megan Schutt (1/30) became the joint-highest wicket-taker (7) in the ongoing Women's World T20 alongside India's Poonam Yadav. Perry (3/16) dictated the proceedings and curbed India's run flow in the end. She has 6 wickets in the tourney. Kaur is the top run-getter in the tournament now with 167 runs under her belt after four matches.
Harmanpreet has the most sixes in a single WT20 edition
Kaur has the most sixes in the ongoing WT20 (12). She also has registered the most maximums in a single edition of the event. She went past Deandre Dottin's 9 sixes registered in the 2010 event. Australia's Meg Lanning had 8 in 2014.
Mandhana third Indian batswoman to get past 1,000 T20I runs
Smriti became only the third Indian batswoman to register 1,000+ runs in T20Is. She now has (1,012) runs from 51 matches. Mithali Raj is India's highest T20Is runs scorer (2,283). Raj is followed by Kaur (1,870). Smriti is also the 25th player in women's cricket to get past 1,000 runs. She is 24th in the list in terms of highest run-scorer.
Perry has the most World T20 wickets
Perry has the most wickets in Women's World T20Is. The Aussie sensation has a total of 33 wickets now. For India, Poonam Yadav (17) leads the show.
