Arlene Kelly to Smriti Mandhana, No run.
Arlene Kelly to Smriti Mandhana, Full and on the stumps, Smriti Mandhana leans on the ball and knocks it to short cover.
Arlene Kelly to Pratika Rawal, Hurls it outside off on a fullish length, Pratika Rawal backs away and guides it wide of backward point for an easy single.
Arlene Kelly to Pratika Rawal, Arlene Kelly is into the attack now. She replaces Orla Prendergast. Starts from outside off on a length, Rawal punches it to cover.
Score after
6
overs
46 - 0
- Smriti Mandhana 13 (12)
- Pratika Rawal 22 (24)
Ava Canning to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Lovely shot in the gap! Fractionally fuller length, on the pads, Smriti Mandhana gets a bit across and uppishly chips it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Not really from the middle but with the fielders in the circle, it races away.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Outside off on a good length, Pratika guides it to deep third for an easy single.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, This one goes straight on, length ball outside off, Pratika Rawal strides ahead to access the off side, but plays inside the line and passes close to the outside edge, and goes straight in the mitts of the keeper.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Hard length, skidding through and tailing in, on middle, Pratika punches it to the left of the bowler.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Fuller and angling in on middle, Pratika Rawal takes a good stride out and drives it straight to cover. There's a packed field in the off side to prevent any run.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, A leg-cutter around off, on a fuller length, Pratika Rawal strides across and drives it straight to the point fielder.
Score after
5
overs
41 - 0
- Pratika Rawal 21 (19)
- Smriti Mandhana 9 (11)
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, On top of middle, on a good length, Pratika Rawal gets inside the line and glances it to deep fine for a single to retain the strike.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, Touch full and outside off, Smriti places it between cover and point for a single.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, Back of a length, on the pads, nudged away straight to square leg.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, Was that a chance? Did it carry behind? Not really! A cross-seamed delivery, skids through as it lands on the shiny side, around off and stays a bit low. Pratika is beaten by the pace and it goes off the under edge to the keeper. Christina Coulter Reilly gets a bad bounce ahead of her and parries it behind her. Allows a single.
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Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, FOUR! Carved away! That came right from the sweet spot of the blade! Not too short at all, just a yard ahead of that length, around off, Pratika Rawal transfers the weight on the back foot and caresses the punch to the right of point for a boundary. Moves into her 20s!
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, Orla Prendergast bowls it full and outside off, Pratika Rawal shoulders arms at it.
Score after
4
overs
34 - 0
- Pratika Rawal 15 (15)
- Smriti Mandhana 8 (9)
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, An inswinger, on middle and leg, Pratika Rawal sits on her knee and paddles it to deep fine for a single.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Pitched right up, full and on off, Pratika Rawal leans on it and defends it out.
Ava Canning to Smriti Mandhana, A gentle-pace delivery at just 87.6 kph, length and outside off, Smriti punches it off the back foot wide of cover for a comfortable single.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Back of a length, on top of off, Pratika Rawal gets right behind it and punches it to cover. The fielder dives and parries the ball to the mid off region. Allows the batters to cross.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, FIVE WIDES! That's gone through the keeper! Sprays it wide outside the tramline on a fuller length, Pratika Rawal shoulders arms and the ball beats the keeper before racing to the boundary behind.
Ava Canning to Smriti Mandhana, Curving away to outside off, on a length, Smriti Mandhana lets the ball arrive and knocks it off the back foot to deep cover and gets to the other end.
Ava Canning to Smriti Mandhana, Canning continues, full and on off, Mandhana prods half-forward and taps it to the off side.
Score after
3
overs
25 - 0
- Pratika Rawal 13 (12)
- Smriti Mandhana 6 (6)
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, FOUR! Classic! Offers width outside off, on a good length, Pratika Rawal stays deep inside the crease and creams the back foot punch into the cover-point gap and finds a boundary.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, A seam-up delivery, outside off, on a length, Pratika Rawal looks to cut it away but misses and the ball just dies on the way to the keeper as she collects it on a couple of bounces.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, FOUR! Pulled away! That's a confident stroke from the youngster! Not too short, on middle, Pratika Rawal hangs back and pulls it aerially behind mid-wicket. Gets a boundary on the bounce in the deep.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, Brings the stumps to play, length ball, on middle, Pratika Rawal plays behind the line and blocks it back to the bowler.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, A slip comes in place now! Drags her length, around off, Pratika Rawal punches it off the back foot but straight to the point fielder.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, WIDE! Oh dear, another extra! A big inswinger, but a little bit wayward down leg. Pratika leaves it alone. Wide given.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, Touch fuller and outside off, Smriti Mandhana taps her front foot across and drives it wide of cover for a quick single.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, WIDE! She will have to reload that one again! Slanting way across the tramline, on a fuller length. Smriti Mandhana prods ahead and leaves. Wide called.
Score after
2
overs
14 - 0
- Pratika Rawal 5 (7)
- Smriti Mandhana 5 (5)
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Length ball, just a yard behind the fuller length, on the leg stump line, Pratika Rawal stands tall and punches it to mid on to end the over.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, WIDE! Angles it way down leg, Rawal lets it be. Christina Coulter Reilly collects it behind the pegs.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Starts from outside off and tails into the batter, full and angling on off and middle, Pratika blocks it forward.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Another inswinger angling into the middle stump, Pratika gets a bit across and nudges it with soft hands to square leg.
Ava Canning to Smriti Mandhana, Slants it across off on a hard length, Smriti Mandhana gets inside the crease and punches it to deep extra cover for an easy single.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, TWO WIDES! Sprays it down leg on a length, curving further away from the leg stump line, Pratika Rawal misses to tuck it away and the ball beats the keeper and rolls behind her. They cross.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, With the keeper up near the stumps, Ava floats it up at a gentle pace, with an inswing to the middle and leg, Pratika Rawal pushes this full ball to cover.
Ava Canning to Pratika Rawal, Angles it on middle and leg, with a bit of tail back into the batter, Pratika Rawal knocks it across to short mid-wicket.
Ava Canning to operate from the far end.
Score after
1
over
10 - 0
- Smriti Mandhana 4 (4)
- Pratika Rawal 5 (2)
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, Slants it across off on a hard length, Smriti leaves this harmless delivery. A good positive start for India Women. 10/0 after the first.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, Touch full and around off, Pratika pushes it in the gap between mid off and cover for a quick single.
Orla Prendergast to Pratika Rawal, FOUR! A gorgeous drive from Pratika! Straight out of the middle of the willow! With a slip in place, Orla bowls a fuller one, outside off, Pratika Rawal takes a good stride ahead, leans onto the ball and caresses it through cover-point for a boundary.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, Angles it onto the pads, on a good length, Smriti Mandhana misses to tuck it across and the ball ricochets off her thigh pad and rolls to the widish short fine region. They cross and get a leg bye.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, FOUR! Smriti and India Women are off the mark in style! Back of a length, outside off, Smriti Mandhana stands in her crease, transfers the weight on the back foot and punches it wide of backward point for a cracking boundary.
Orla Prendergast to Smriti Mandhana, On the money! Hurls it at a gentle pace does Orla. Length ball in the channel around off, Smriti Mandhana leaves it alone.
Well then, all set for the game to begin! It is a chilly winter morning in Rajkot with the crowd building up gradually. A lot of hustle and bustle around though, proves a decent crowd has already pulled up. The umpires and the players walk out to the middle. Ireland Women take their respective fielding positions. Out walk the Indian opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and young Pratika Rawal. Orla Prendergast has the new ball and will kick off the proceedings in this second ODI. Off we go...
JUST IN - Ireland's Aimee Maguire has come under scrutiny for her bowling action. Meaning, that she will have to get her action tested within a couple of weeks or so. But as per the ICC's guidelines, Maguire can continue to bowl for now. Also, for India, Deepti Sharma will be featuring in her 100th ODI for India Women.
Ireland XI: Sarah Forbes, Gaby Lewis(c), Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany, Leah Paul, Coulter Reilly(w), Arlene Kelly, Ava Canning, Georgina Dempsey, Freya Sargent, Alana Dalzell
India XI: Smriti Mandhana(c), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Tejal Hasabnis, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Sayali Satghare, Saima Thakor, Priya Mishra, Titas Sadhu
Sitting at the bottom of the Women's Championship table and failing to qualify directly for the World Cup, Ireland will need a complete lift in their performance level to secure their first-ever women's ODI win against India.