ICC Women’s World Cup: Smriti Mandhana hit on head- India batter Smriti Mandhana suffered a blow on the head during the early stages of the warmup game against South Africa in the warmup match. The development comes as a challenging prospect for Indian women heading into the ICC Women’s World Cup. She did not come out to bat which has put a question mark on her availability for the opening contest. Follow Women’s World Cup 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN
ICC Women’s World Cup: Bad news for India women, Smriti Mandhana hit on head during warm-up match against SA- check out
Mandhana was hit on the head by a Shabnim Ismail bouncer during the ongoing warm-up match against South Africa on Sunday, reported ICC’s official website. The left-handed batter was then looked upon by the team doctor and she retired hurt after an over and a half. Luckily, she felt no concussion symptoms according to the medical staff and she left the ground as a precaution.
She had earlier missed a number of matches in New Zealand after COVID19. Mandhana along with Renuka Singh and Meghna Singh was forced to quarantine for an extended period and the trio missed the one-off T20I and the opening two ODIs against New Zealand.
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In the warm-up match, India posted 244 after they were sent into bat by South African captain Sune Luus. Going was slow for the Mithali Raj-led side, Yastika Bhatia scored 58 runs for India while Harmanpreet Kaur scored a century.
Captain Mithali Raj was run out after a mix-up with Bhatia for a duck, though the innings belonged to Harmanpreet Kaur, who raced along with little risk.
Harmanpreet played a knock of 103 runs off 114 balls with the help of 9 boundaries as India posted a total of more than the 240-run mark.
ICC Women’s World Cup: Bad news for India women, Smriti Mandhana hit on head during warm-up match against SA- check out
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