Smriti Mandhana Lights Up WBBL: Smriti Mandhana hit 64 off 44 balls for Sydney Thunder but couldn’t lead them to victory over Melbourne Renegades. Mandhana hit four boundaries and a six, but Jemimah Rodrigues’ 56-ball 75 for the Renegades overshadowed her performance.
Despite Smriti Mandhana’s 64 off just 44 balls, the defending Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) champions. Sydney Thunder, were barely defeated by Melbourne Renegades on Wednesday in. Launceston. For the Renegades. Mandhana scored four boundaries and a six. Although her performance was overshadowed by compatriot Jemimah Rodrigues’ 56-ball 75.
Smriti Mandhana Lights Up At the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Stadium, the Renegades had won the toss and elected to bat first.
Rodrigues and Josephine Dooley, the openers, got them off to a great start, putting up 84 runs for the first wicket. Despite losing wickets at the other end, Rodrigues stayed unbroken and guided her team to a total of 142/5.
Despite Mandhana’s heroics, the. Thunder fell by nine runs after being restricted to. 133/8 after 20 overs while chasing a target of 143.
The defending champions have failed to win a game this season. Losing their sixth game in a row in the WBBL. Courtney Webb was the Renegades’ best bowler, with stats of 3/21 at the end of the game.
T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur (Renegades) and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were among the other Indian players in the encounter (Thunder). Deepti took a wicket and also contributed with the bat. Scoring 23 off just 10 balls, while Harmanpreet could only manage three runs.
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