During the ongoing Only Test of India Women’s tour to Australia at the WACA ground in Perth, Smriti Mandhana broke the internet with a special catch at the short leg. She didn’t have a great start at the field position, as she took a few blows on the body before the ball rolled in between the two legs of the player, and she could hardly do anything.

However, Smriti Mandhana grabbed an excellent catch at the position to dismiss Tahlia McGrath on the bowling of off-spinner Shafali Verma, during the second ball of the 76th over of the innings. It was a ball from the Indian opening batter that turned from the middle and gave a decent amount of bounce as it took the inside edge with McGrath looking to defend the ball.

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The inside edge flew to star India left hand batter, who was watching the ball like a hawk. She reacted to the edge and punched it at short leg with the reaction time being less than a fraction of a second. India were pumped to get the wicket and gathered around Mandhana to celebrate the special moment. 

Smriti Mandhana takes superb catch in AUS-W vs IND-W Perth Test

In the first innings, India got bundled out for just 198 runs on the board with only Jamimah Rodrigues celebrating a fine knock of 52 runs in 84 balls with the help of seven boundaries at a strike rate of 61.90. Kashvee Gautam grabbed an unbeaten 34 runs in 54 balls at a strike rate of 62.96.

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How sharp was that catch?!?!

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In reply, the home side grabbed a lead of 125 runs after being bundled out for 323 runs. Annabel Sutherland nailed 129 runs in 171 balls, thanks to the strike rate of 75.44, smashing 17 boundaries. Even Ellyse Perry recorded 76 runs at a strike rate of over 65.

Sutherland continued her excellent time in the game with two wickets as India lost four wickets for 76 runs in the second innings, with only Pratika Rawal showing some assistance with the bat in the middle for her unbeaten 32 runs in 66 balls.

Brief Scores: IND-W 198 (Jemimah Rodrigues 52, Annabel Sutherland 4/46) & 82/6 (Pratika Rawal 36*, Lucy Hamilton 3/25) vs AUS-W 323 (Annabel Sutherland 129, Sayali Satghare 4/50)