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- Twitter Salutes India’s Batting Star Smriti Mandhana For hit the test pitch.
- Offside Goddess: Smriti Mandhana, the first Indian to hit the test pitch in 20th century Australia during the current Pink Ball test in Queensland.
Indian women’s team founder Smriti Mandhana threw a punch. When she took her first women’s test on the second day of the current Pinkball Test in Queensland, Australia. Continuing her 84 years which did not end yesterday, Mandhana hit a record high in friendlies when she came the first Indian woman in cricket to reach triple digits on the Australian floor in the Test.
This left-wing masterclass also gives India complete control over the one-off tests to be held in Queensland. The cricket community took notice of Mandhana’s performance and welcomed the batsman for his extreme display of determination in Australia’s difficult conditions.
Former cricketer Wassim Jaffer took to Twitter to describe Mandhana as an “offside goddess”. Jaffer greeted her and wrote: “Offside goddess. Congratulations on your first test of a hundred @mandhana_smriti. First many. Happy playing #AUSvIND.” Former India team player and cricket commentator Anjum Chopra also praised Mandhana’s efforts. She wrote: “A simple celebration.
This is Smriti Mandhana taking her first test #AUSvIND #PinkBallTest. @Mandhana_smriti @BCCIWomen.”
Akash Chopra, a cricket analyst and former India men’s team player, greeted the fighter. Writing that this was the first in centuries to come from the Mandhana bat. He wrote: “A century of testing. The first in history. Definitely the first of many. Well played Smriti Mandhana. Make it #PinkBallTest #AusvInd BIG.”
Former cricketer Doda Ganesh also praised India’s opener for scoring “high class” in difficult conditions. He wrote: “The century of the highest class @mandhana_smriti. Go ahead and grab a big #AUSvIND.” Mandhana eventually fell to Ashley Gardner after scoring 127 balls from 216, with India placing 68.1 over at 195/2.