ICC Girls’s International Cup 2022: Smriti Mandhana shared her ‘Participant of the Award’ trophy with Harmanpreet Kaur after each starred in India’s document 155-run win over West Indies girls within the crew degree stumble upon.
CWC 2022: Smriti Mandhana stocks Participant of the Fit trophy with Harmanpreet Kaur (Courtesy by way of BCCI)
HIGHLIGHTSSmriti Mandhana shared Participant of the Fit trophy with Harmanpreet KaurSmriti and Harmanpreet starred in India’s 155-run winHope ICC has sufficient funds to provide either one of us separate trophies: Mandhana joked
India girls’s opener Smriti Mandhana confirmed exemplary sportsperson spirit and shared her ‘Participant of the Award’ trophy along with her vice-captain and fellow centurion Harmanpreet Kaur after serving to her group sign up a document 155-run win over West Indies girls within the crew degree stumble upon of the ICC Girls’s International Cup 2022 in Hamilton on Saturday.
Significantly, Mandhana and Harmanpreet’s document 184-run stand took India to 317/8 sooner than all-round bowling limited the West Indies to 162 in answer. After thrashing West Indies girls by way of a document margin of 155 runs, Mandhana got here to the post-match presentation rite in conjunction with Harmanpreet in Hamilton.
As quickly because the adjudicating group stated Smriti was once the participant of the event, Mandhana walked up with Harmanpreet and stated, “Smartly, I feel scoring a century and now not being the Participant of the Fit is one thing that I in reality would not need.”
“I feel we each contributed similarly for us to attain 300. It is just right for us to proportion the trophy. Either one of us are just right sufficient contenders to get this (award). I imagine ICC has sufficient funds to provide either one of us separate trophies (laughs)” Mandhana added.
! @mandhana_smriti stocks her Participant of the Fit award with fellow centurion & #TeamIndia vice-captain @ImHarmanpreet ! #CWC22 | #WIvIND
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— BCCI Girls (@BCCIWomen) March 12, 2022
“A TOUCH OF CLASS @mandhana_smriti stocks her Participant of the Fit award with fellow centurion & #TeamIndia vice-captain @ImHarmanpreet#CWC22 | #WIvIND,” BCCI Girls tweeted.
Whilst Mandhana smashed her 5th ODI hundred, a sensational 119 off 123 balls studded with 13 fours and two sixes, Kaur had 10 hits to the fence and two maximums in her 107-ball 109, which was once her fourth ton and the primary since hitting 171 now not out towards Australia within the 2017 International Cup.
The duo cast a 184-run stand for the fourth wicket, India’s perfect partnership for any wicket on the girls’s International Cup, to lend a hand the group publish its perfect overall within the historical past of the showpiece match, a difficult 317 for 8 after skipper Mithali Raj gained the toss and elected to bat.
The 2017 version finalists then returned to disregard West Indies for 162 in 40.3 overs to stay themselves in competition for the knockout degree. India is now positioned within the most sensible 4 amongst 8 groups after this win, at the back of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa within the total standings.
