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‘Excellent Start for Harmanpreet Kaur’- Twitter celebrates as Harmanpreet Kaur scores cracking half-century against Australia in CWG 2022

The first game in the Commonwealth games 2022 between the Women in Blue and the Australians turned out to be a high-voltage encounter. The added advantage in the Commonwealth Games is that the teams have the added motivation of getting a medal and going all out for a podium finish.  In the build-up to the contest, Harmanpreet Kaur said that they were excited to play in the games and that they were confident of winning as a team.

The Women in Blue ace batter Smriti Mandhana also said that in a T20 game any team can beat any team and she also downplayed the Australian threat saying that the Women in Blue have a good chance of beating Australia. She also said that she seeks inspiration from Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic medal moment and yearns to do the same for the nation.

The first game of the Commonwealth games kicked off with an intense battle between the Women in Blue and Australia. The Women in Blue wanted to post a good total on the board. Smriti Mandhana got her team off to a good start and slammed 5 boundaries in her quickfire 24 runs of just 17 balls. Shefali Verma was sent to bludgeon the bowling and she did exactly that. She smashed 9 fours en-route to a quick fire 48 of just 33 balls.

There was a mini collapse in the middle with Yastika Bhatia , Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma departing quickly. But the star of the innings for the Women in Blue was Harmanpreet Kaur as  she brought the Thor out. She was on a mission to resurrect India to a fighting total.

Kaur hit 8 fours and a massive six in a superb innings of 52 of just 34 balls. She hit some breathtaking shots and made sure India end the first half of the match on a high and that they have the much needed momentum going into the second innings

Harmanpreet Kaur’s stellar innings had Twitter abuzz as always and we will take a look at some of the reactions here:

CWG 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur slams half-century vs Australia, India 152/6 in 19.2 overs vs Australia in Group A clash

Follow LIVE https://t.co/TPoSm3tFze pic.twitter.com/CxYcurtgN8

— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) July 29, 2022

https://twitter.com/AllNewsNow24x7/status/1552988785624883204?s=20&t=1NSicQOlMUTOTXfwvGFTfg

A half-century from captain Harmanpreet Kaur takes India 🇮🇳 to 154 for 8 in their opening fixture of the T20 cricket competition against Australia 🇦🇺

Backing @BCCIWomen to defend the total 🏏💪#EkIndiaTeamIndia | #B2022 | #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/BwZFVaEDZ5

— Team India (@WeAreTeamIndia) July 29, 2022

LIVE | Harmanpreet Kaur completes half-century, off 31 deliveries, as India cross 150 in T20 match vs Australia.

Follow updates on the #CommonwealthGames2022 here: https://t.co/FIkKMpJ4cm

— The Quint (@TheQuint) July 29, 2022

first half century in common wealth that to by captian harmanpreet kaur great work pic.twitter.com/NbBjmw9Q3j

— Pooja Mutha (@erpm_23) July 29, 2022

The excellent innings of Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar and the 49-run innings of Shafali Verma in which she missed out on her half century by 1 run helped India score 255 runs against Sri Lanka.#SLvIND

— Vishwajeet Jaykar (@Vishwajaykar) July 7, 2022

Harmanpreet Kaur becomes the highest run scorer after she scored 2,372 runs in 123 matches at an average of 27, including one century and six half-centuries. She broke Mithali's record of 2,364 runs in 89 T20Is at an average of 38. #HarmanpreetKaur #IndianCricket #Trending pic.twitter.com/ss3GJNJGP8

— Femina (@FeminaIndia) June 26, 2022

https://twitter.com/shubhamjangid/status/1544940685262204928?s=20&t=1NSicQOlMUTOTXfwvGFTfg

Harmanpreet Kaur complete half century #Trending

— Cric183 (@Cric183) July 29, 2022

Excellent start to #CWG2022 for Harmanpreet Kaur with the bat. That T20I half-century took some time coming – it was her first fifty-plus score since the century in the T20 World Cup 2018 – but she did play some good knocks in between and has been in good touch this year. #B2022

— S Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) July 29, 2022

Seventh half-century in T20Is for Harmanpreet Kaur. She took 31 balls to get there eight fours and a six (with that famous bat swing). Fine knock by the skipper.#CWG2022 #INDvAUS

— Aditya Chaturvedi (@aditya_c19) July 29, 2022

Brilliant Half century by captain harmanpreet kaur 👏

India post a fighting total against mighty Australia women.#cricket #INDvAUS #CWG2022 #Birmingham2022

— Visheshta Jotwaniii (@visheshtaaa_j15) July 29, 2022

 

Brilliant Half Century By Harmanpreet Kaur 👏👏👏.

— Prasad K (@Prasad_K2000) July 29, 2022

1st half century of commonwealth games 2022 & 7th In T20I cricket for Harmanpreet Kaur🔥👏💪 #INDWvAUW

— Basrani Dev (@msdian____dev) July 29, 2022

First international half century at commonwealth games scored by Harmanpreet Kaur

The Mens tournament at the 1998 edition had List A status

— Aniket Mishra (@aniketmishra299) July 29, 2022

FITYYY!!

Indian Captain Harmanpreet Kaur scores 1st ever Half-Century of the Commonwealth tournament#CWG2022 #B2022 #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/5VWiEdjiFE

— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) July 29, 2022