Jemima Rodrigues beat her Indian teammate Smriti Mandhana as Melbourne Renegades beat Sydney Thunder by nine runs in the Women’s Big Bash League here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Rodrigues, the top-order batsman of the Indian women’s team, smashed nine fours in her 56-ball 75 to bundle out Melbourne for 142 for five.
Chasing a total, Mandhana, who opened the innings for India, hit 64 off 44 balls, hitting four fours and a six, but it went in vain as Sydney was 133 for 8 in her 20 overs. was limited to.
Two more Indians were also involved in the match in the form of T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur and spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma. He took a wicket each but could not contribute much with the bat.
Harmanpreet, who played an all-rounder in Melbourne Renegades’ seven-wicket win over Sydney Sixers in their previous match, scored just three runs before being trapped by Kate Pietersen.
Deepti scored 23 runs in 10 balls but that was not enough to take Sydney Thunder across the line in the end.
24-year-old Deepti had scored 44 off 48 balls and also took one for 28 in her previous match against Melbourne Stars, but it was not enough as Sydney lost by 12 runs.
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