Summary

  • Mandhana hits classy 34-ball 50

  • India win toss and bat first

  • Women's T20 World Cup, Group 1, Edgbaston

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  1. Postpublished at 15:26 BST

    Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    It has been elegance and power today from Smriti Mandhana, a combination of the two.

    She has expertly targeted those areas straight down the ground where the boundaries are a little shorter.

  2. Postpublished at 15:26 BST

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    She is a superstar.

    What a way to reach the milestone in one of the biggest games in the cricket calendar.

  3. 50 runs

    50 for Smriti Mandhanapublished at 11.2 overs

    Ind 80-2

    Half-century up with a four!

    Smriti Mandhana reaches a 34-ball fifty, lifting Rameen Shamim over the covers.

    A superb innings from the India opener.

  4. Postpublished at 15:23 BST

    Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Oh, look at that. Another delightful shot from Smriti Mandhana.

    Something that requires such skill and precision is made to look so simple.

  5. Ind 74-2published at 11 overs

    Glorious shot from Smriti Mandhana.

    The opener advances down the pitch and gracefully lofts Nashra Sandhu over the off side for four.

    One more single takes her to 44 off 32 deliveries.

  6. Ind 65-2published at 10 overs

    Could have been tight.

    Harmanpreet runs hard for two to mid-wicket and Smriti Mandhana has to make the dive at the non-striker's end.

    A direct hit and the opener would have been toast.

  7. 6 runs

    Ind 60-2published at 9.1 overs

    FanImage source, Getty Images

    Six over mid-off!

    That's the shot Smriti Mandhana was trying to play off her last ball, when she was dropped off Tasmia Rubab.

    This time she sends the same bowler flying over the ropes.

  8. Postpublished at 15:15 BST

    Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Smriti Mandhana has a Barbie doll made in her image. She was the world's first cricketer to get a Barbie.

  9. Postpublished at 15:15 BST

    Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    DropImage source, PA Media

    That dropped catch and what it'll do to Pakistan's morale and India's momentum... it really could be the pivotal moment.

  10. Ind 54-2published at 9 overs

    FireImage source, PA Media

    Nashra Sundhu is Pakistan's fifth bowler.

    Harmanpreet Kaur guides the left-arm spinner's second ball through a gap in the covers for her first four, then cracks another boundary square with a slog sweep.

    India are going at a run a ball thus far.

  11. Postpublished at 15:13 BST

    Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    You can see Wahab Riaz's influence in Tasmia Rubab - she's a left-armer who likes to swing the ball and Wahab has been coaching her.

  12. Postpublished at 15:12 BST

    Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    DropImage source, PA Media

    That is a huge moment in this game - Aliya Riaz had done all the hard work, got into position and got two hands to it. Her movement was good so I don't have an explanation why it slipped through her fingers - everything was right about it. Maybe she was put off by the roar of the crowd?

  13. dropped catch

    Mandhana dropped on 27published at 8 overs

    Ind 46-2

    Oh, that could be costly!

    Smriti Mandhana backs away to Tasmia Rubab's penultimate delivery and tries to pump it high through the off side.

    She doesn't get enough on the shot with the ball falling just behind mid-off Aliyiah Riaz - she backpedals and seems to have made the ground, but manages to let the ball drop through her hands.

    Mandhana takes a single to move to 28, and Harmanpreet adds another as India reach 46-2 at the end of the over.

  14. Ind 41-2published at 7 overs

    Rameen Shamim continues out of the powerplay.

    It's a solid over for the off-break bowler, just three singles coming off it.

  15. Postpublished at 15:05 BST

    Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I think Pakistan will probably be quite happy with that powerplay, India haven't got away from them.

  16. Postpublished at 15:02 BST

    Here's how WinViz is looking after the India powerplay.

    WinvizImage source, Cricviz
  17. Postpublished at 15:01 BST

    Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    MandanhaImage source, Reuters

    Smriti Mandhana had been eyeing up that shot throughout the over. She's able to smile now that it went just past Fatima Sana's outstretched hand.

  18. Ind 38-2published at 6 overs

    Driven down the ground!

    Smriti Mandhana ends the powerplay in style, powering Fatima Sana across the Edgbaston turf for four.

    She moves to 25 from 19 balls - it had been Fatima's over prior to that, with just four runs coming prior to that boundary.

  19. Postpublished at 14:59 BST

    Annesha Ghosh
    India cricket journalist on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    India will know they need a big win because it is being called the group of death with Australia and South Africa still to come.

  20. How's stat?!published at 14:54 BST

    MandhanaImage source, Getty Images

    Smriti Mandhana is one of only two batters (Mithali Raj is the other) to score more than 200 runs in T20s against Pakistan. If she gets 77 runs today, she'll overtake Mithali at the top of this particular chart.