India vs Barbados LIVE Cricket Score, Commonwealth Match: Mandhana falls early, Jemimah joins Shafali

IND 24/1 in 3 rounds

Connell started with a long delivery for Shafali, who pushed it to just give one. Connell rolled in a cutter but Jemimah daringly slid it past the keeper for FOUR. Short again and Shafali hit it through cover. A foul from the coverman gives Shafali some comfort FOUR.

IND 12/1 in 2 rounds

Bruce defeats Mandhana’s gliding blade outside the stump with a cross-cutting ball. A quick foul by Knight puts Mandhana in a momentary dilemma. Bruce rolled in and Mandhana missed a low toss and the ball hit the front cushion. The referee doesn’t care but Hayley Matthews does. She evaluates and that’s the trouble for India – three red! A big shock to India very early on. Jemimah Rodrigues entered at the age of 3. Bruce is causing some trouble for Indian batters but Jemimah has quelled the impending threat with a stunning drive for FOUR.

Smriti Mandhana lbw b Bruce 5 (7b 1×4)

Shanika Bruce on the attack

IND 5/0 in 1 more

The mandhana begins with a neat steering stroke to the underbody. Short from Connell and Mandhan twirling the ball over the square foot for FOUR. Connell missed again but this time Mandhana found a good striker. Connell spoke briefly to Shafali, who stooped neatly to wrap things up.

Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma stand outside the center. Shamilia Connell gets a new ball.

22:11 PM IST

An interesting change for India with Taniya Bhatia replacing Yastika as temple keeper. Taniya last appeared in the T20I match for India against Australia on March 8, 2020!

10pm IST

Throw time!

9:28pm IST

Below are the qualifying scenarios for the semi-final with both India and Barbados competing.

9:15pm IST

Team India has arrived in Edgbaston. A virtual knockout awaits.

Preview

After a painful defeat to Australia in the first match, India returned to form with a crisp victory over Pakistan with an eight-point victory over Pakistan.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s team struggled with COVID-related selection issues during the first few games of T20 cricket’s first appearance in the Commonwealth Games.

On Wednesday, a virtual knockout clash with Barbados is on in its first international tournament that will resolve India’s fate in the tournament. With both sides picking up two points from each match, the winner will secure a spot in the semi-finals behind Australia from Group A.

While India is starting to love, the Barbados challenge cannot be taken lightly. India will be hoping that the almighty Pooja Vastrakar will be available for the important match after recovering from the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

Team India vs Barbados