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India and Ireland locked horns in the Women’s 20-20 World Cup 2023 at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. The Women In Blue needed to win this game to qualify for the semis. On the other hand, the European side needed to win to avoid a winless campaign in the tournament. Meanwhile, in the game, the 2020 finalists won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Asian side had a steady start as the likes of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Varma put together 62 runs for the first wicket. The former scored 87 runs in 56 balls including nine fours and three sixes. Apart from her, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 19 off 12 balls and these innings helped the team reach 155/6. In reply, the Irish team had a poor start as they lost the first wicket on the first ball of the innings.
In the same over, they lost another wicket. After scoring 54/2 in the 8.2 overs, the game was interrupted by the rain. However, the bad weather ensured that the game was stopped and the Indian team won by five runs by the DLS method. After the game, Mandhana was adjudged PLAYER OF THE MATCH.
This was one of my toughest innings: Smriti Mandhana
She said “The finger is fine. One of the most toughest innings I would have played. Not the wicket but the pace they were bowling and with the wind, it got worse. [Conversation with Shafali] We were telling each other to try and maintain our shape. I was batting bad and she was not timing it well. But we were trying to discuss that and there was a lot of wind and we needed to get used to the pace they were bowling. Good to post some runs and go into the semis. The England match wasn’t the way we wanted.”
This is how Twitter reacted
Player of the match, @mandhana_smriti's superb 87 led 🇮🇳 to 155@JemiRodrigues' run out in the 1st over challenged 🇮🇪's chase
Rain cut the match short & 🇮🇳 win by 5 runs to qualify for the SF
HUM JEET GAlAYE, HUM JEET GAYE!!!!!!! #INDvIRE #T20WomensWorldCup #Lagaan
— North Stand Gang – Wankhede (@NorthStandGang) February 20, 2023
India qualify for the semis of Women’s T20 World Cup after defeating Ireland. With this result, Pakistan and West Indies are now out of the semi-finals. #T20WC23
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 20, 2023
India are through to the semi-finals 🥳#INDvIRE #T20WomensWorldCup
— Rahulraj⚡ (@RahulrajRout) February 20, 2023
Highest Score for India in T20WC
103 – Harmanpreet Kaur vs NZ
101* – Suresh Raina vs SA
89* – Virat Kohli vs WI
87 – Smriti Mandhana vs IRE (Today)
83 – Smriti Mandhana vs AUS
82* – Virat Kohli vs AUS
82* – Virat Kohli vs PAK
79* – Rohit Sharma vs AUS#INDvIRE— Thirdman188 (@Thirdman188) February 20, 2023
#INDvIRE
Congratulations ✌ Women's team India for Semi's. Weldone 🤙— MEEL Hindustani (@VijendraMeel10) February 20, 2023
Congratulations. #TeamIndia.
Overpowered and overcame the odds of downpour.#INDvIRE— Dr Shrikanth Shetty (@DrSriEye) February 20, 2023
महिला टी20 विश्व कप के सेमीफाइनल में पहुंची टीम इंडिया
डकवर्थ लुईस नियम से आयरलैंड को 5 रन से हराया
बहुत बहुत बधाई छोरियों 🎉#T20WomensWorldCupl#INDvIRE pic.twitter.com/GJr0M7keiE— Hariom Pandey🇮🇳 (@HariomPandey143) February 20, 2023
A career best 8️⃣7️⃣ off just 56 deliveries for Smriti! 😮💨#PlayBold #TeamIndia #INDvIRE #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/DLkNlS39xT
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) February 20, 2023
The sun, the rain, the wind and the band… it’s all there at #StGeorgesPark #T20WorldCup #INDvIRE 🆒 pic.twitter.com/1vyWxXsisw
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) February 20, 2023
