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Its time for Smriti Mandhana to recieve the trophy from Niranjan Shah. She hands it over to Sayali Satyaghare and now the team will pose for the photographs. Like always it was a pleasure bringing all the live coverage from this encounter. Till the next time, this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator and good mate Bidipto Datta. Cheers!
It was a record breaking batting performance from Indian where they broke several records. Switch 👇🏽 to relieve the five milestones achieved by the Indian women batters.
Smriti Mandhana (India Women captain): I am really pleased. All the girls got a good game time. As a batter as much as you do in the nets it's important to score in the match. Everyone including Pratika, Richa scored runs. Except my drop catch it was a near perfect game for us. It was brilliant to watch Pratika and Richa. I asked the bowlers to bowl them in 31 overs and I am glad it came off. Not many matches, you can go out and start attacking. Thought of trying to execute a few shots and it came off today. Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't. As much as we want to enjoy this victory, we have to have meetings on what we want to work on. We have to be on our toes as far as the World Cup goes. Fifty overs 300 balls this gonna be really critical. If we can be at the top of the game, we achieve something special.
Pratika Rawal (Player of the Match and Series): It's a good start to the January season, the new year and I am very happy. It's always good to score runs for your country. This will boost me a lot and give me a lot of confidence. No I just had the celebration in my mind of kissing the helmet. I missed on the hundred. Was visualising of scoring a century from the West Indies series. It looks so easy when she bats. I don't mind taking a backseat. I have always enjoyed seeing her bat.
Gaby Lewis (Ireland Women captain): It was a big experience here for us! Playing in front of this crowd was great! A lot of learnings for the girls, coming up against world-class players, where to bowl and how to pace innings being two of them. We have good depth in our squad and we should be ready to get on with things in the World Cup Qualifiers.
5:38 pm local time (5:38 pm IST): It's time now for the post-match presentation!
Amol Muzumdar, India Women Head Coach: The T20 series against the West Indies was well-fought. We won the ODIs against them. Then we came to this series and dominated. We need to search for another fast bowler, indeed, the work is on for that. But, the batting is looking good for sure. It's been pretty satisfying, the way we are coping up with the demands overall. Pratika Rawal looks quite settled at this level, which augers well for her. Hope she continues this way. Today, we wanted Richa Ghosh to face a few deliveries and get some game time with the bat. So, we sent her out and told her to do what she loves doing!
Deepti Sharma: When you get the chance to lead a bowling unit, you need to excel. And thankfully, I have been able to do it. The wicket was offering slow turn, so I adjusted accordingly and got my rewards. I always try to help the newer players, especially spinners. No special fielding drills come into play for me, but yes, the hard work is on. My next focus is the WPL.
India stored their best for the last as they stormed past Ireland by a massive margin of 304 runs to win the series 3-0. It was an utterly dominating performance right from ball one and it continued in the second innings. The target of 436 was never going to be a realistic one for Ireland to chase down but they would have surely wanted to make a better account of themselves.
Sarah Forbes and Gaby Lewis came out to open the innings for Ireland. The Indian new ball bowlers Titas Sadhu and Sayali Satghare wasn't at their best and sprayed it around on both sides of the wicket. After a wayward over, Sadhu got her first wicket as he wrapped Gaby Lewis right in front of the stumps before Sayali Satghare went through the defence of Coulter Reilly.
The pair of Sarah Forbes and Orla Prendergast came out with a positive frame of mind and took on the Indian bowlers. They struck some exquisite shots and found the boundaries on a consistent basis. The duo shared a 64 run stand and it came in a good time. The run chase wasnt really on but when they were at the crease, it looked Ireland would reach a decent score. It was Tanuja Kanwar who castled Prendergast and opened the floodgates.
Sarah Forbes was the next batted dismissed as she failed to reach her crease and also injured herself in the process. From there on, it was no way back for Ireland. They kept losing wickets consistently as the spin trio of Tanuja Kanwar, Deepti Sharma and Minnu Mani spun a web in the middle overs. Wickets kept tumbling one after the other as Ireland lost three wickets on the score of 122. The visitors were eventually bowled out for 131 in the 32nd over. Deepti finished with three wickets while Tanuja bagged a couple each.
India have registered their biggest win in ODI cricket. They complete a 304 run win and the domination has been just unreal from the Women in Blue. A stunning all-round effort and they seal the series 3-0.
31.4 Deepti Sharma to Freya Sargent, THAT FINISHES IT OFF! MATCH WON, SERIES WON! INDIA WOMEN GET THEIR BIGGEST EVER WIN IN TERMS OF RUNS IN ODI CRICKET! Full, slow and dipping on the toes of the batter around off-stump. The on-drive on the front foot gets miscued a little bit. The ball goes up in the air, but the fielder at mid-on clings on to the catch with fingers pointing up!
Freya Sargent c Minnu Mani b Deepti Sharma 1 (4b, 0x4, 0x6)
31.3 Deepti Sharma to Alana Dalzell, length ball around off-stump. Swept away to deep mid-wicket for a single now.
31.2 Deepti Sharma to Alana Dalzell, full and slow around off-stump. Patted to the point region off the front foot for no run.
31.1 Deepti Sharma to Alana Dalzell, over the wicket, full on off-stump. Defended to the short cover fielder off the front foot.
Deepti Sharma [8-2-26-2] is back into the attack.
The end is near for Ireland having lost their 9th wicket of that Tanuja Kanwar over. The left arm spinner has been right on the moment and bagged another wicket. Just one wicket needed to seal the series.
31
overs
130/9score
1
1wd
W
0
0
1
1
runs
Alana Dalzell*
4(9)
Freya Sargent
1(3)
Minnu Mani
1/22
30.6 Minnu Mani to Alana Dalzell, good length slower ball around off-stump. Swept off the under edge of the bat down to deep backward square-leg for one.
30.5 Minnu Mani to Freya Sargent, Oh! Full around off-stump. A risky sweep shot to the deep square-leg region with the turn for a single.