Smriti Mandhana’s record -century was useless, Australia defeated Indian team by 43 runs

New -Delhi, September 20 (IANS). The Indian Women’s Cricket team lost by 43 runs in the third and final game of the ODI series and played against Australia in Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New -Delhi. The Indian team chased a target of 413 runs, and was reduced to 369 runs in 47 overs. Australia won the series 2-1. India chased a target of 413 runs and performed a strong counter on Australian bowlers on the power of opener Smriti Mandhana. Mandhana scored a century of 50 balls to score 125 runs off 63 balls. Mandhana hit 5 sixes and 17 fours in this innings. It is the second fastest century in the ODI cricket history of women, while the Indian woman batsman has the fastest century of ODI cricket. Apart from Mandhana, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur tried to reach the target by scoring 52 out of 35 balls and Deepti Sharma scored 72 of 58 balls, but the Indian team was all at 369 in 47 overs and lost the match by 43 runs. Wi Kim Garth of Australia 3, Megan Shooter 2, Ashley Gardner, Tahila McGrath. Grace Harris and Georgia Warhem took 1-1 wickets. Earlier, Australia scored 412 runs and batted first after winning the throw. Australia got a good start by openers Alyssa Hilly and Georgia Wall. Both shared a 43 -Run partnership in 4.2 overs. Hilly was rejected for 30 runs from 18 balls. This was followed by a 107 -Run partnership between Wall and Elsey Perry for the second wicket. As the second wicket on the score of 150, Wall was rejected with the help of 14 fours for 81 runs from 68 balls. Beth Muni, who came to bat at number four, was the biggest attraction of the Australian innings. The Indian bowlers were broken at the beginning of the turn. If she remained at the end, Australia would have made her biggest score of ODI cricket. Money scored 138 runs from 75 balls with the help of 23 fours and 1 six. She was run out. During his turn, Muni shared an important partnership of 106 for the third wicket with Perry and 82 runs for the fourth wicket with Ashley Gardner. The lower order of the Australian bat collapsed after Muni’s wicket fell. Australia was all for 412 runs in 47.5 overs. This is the highest score of Australia in ODI cricket. The team had the chance to cross this score. Australia also scored 412 runs in 1997. -Ians pack/ share these story tags