Indian Women participant Smriti Mandhana performs a shot towards Ireland Women throughout a match of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, at St George’s Park in Gqeberha, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
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India scraped by way of to the semifinals on the Women’s T20 World Cup after narrowly successful its rain-shortened ultimate group recreation towards Ireland on Monday.
India triumphed by 5 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis technique after setting a goal of 155-6, boosted by one other half-century by star opener Smriti Mandhana, who survived a bunch of probabilities to make a career-best 87 from 56 balls.
Ireland was 54-2 in 8.2 overs and simply behind the speed wanted when rain arrived at St. George’s Park in Gqeberha, the south coast metropolis previously generally known as Port Elizabeth.
It meant India moved to second in Group 2 behind England and can probably go on to a semifinal towards defending champion and top-ranked Australia on Thursday at Newlands in Cape Town — until England loses to Pakistan on Tuesday by sufficient that its web run price dips underneath India’s. Then India will qualify as the highest crew of Group 2.
“Good to get into the semis and we will give our 100%,” India captain Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned.
The Group 2 winner will play whoever qualifies behind Australia in Group 1. New Zealand is in place to try this however host South Africa might seize the final semifinal place if it beats Bangladesh on Tuesday.
For India, Ms. Mandhana’s 87 adopted her 52 in a dropping effort towards England on Saturday.
She hit 9 fours and three sixes towards Ireland to underline she is again to her greatest after lacking India’s opening recreation of the event with a finger damage. Ireland, which dropped Ms. Mandhana 4 instances, together with twice in two overs, lastly held onto an opportunity when Gaby Lewis took a catch down at long-off.
Ireland had a disastrous begin to its chase when Amy Hunter was run out going for a second run off the primary ball of the innings. Orla Prendergast was bowled by Renuka Singh off the fifth ball of the primary over and Ireland was reeling at 1-2.
Lewis (32 not out) and captain Laura Delany (17 not out) introduced Ireland again and might need performed sufficient to win in the event that they hadn’t scored solely singles for the final 2.2 overs earlier than the rain.
