Debutant batter Shubha Satheesh struck the second-quickest half-century by an Indian girl in Test cricket in the course of the one-off match towards England on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
Walking in at quantity three, the 24-year-old left-hander struck a 49-ball fifty to assist India rebuild after the lack of openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma.
The Karnataka batter introduced up her half-century with a flowing boundary down the bottom, the ninth 4 of her innings. Shubha cast a stable partnership with fellow debutant Jemimah Rodrigues to raise India to 136 for 2 in 27 overs within the first session.
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Shubha’s half-century is just behind Sangita Dabir’s 40-ball fifty amongst Indians and third total in recorded ladies’s Tests.
Shubha was just lately snapped up by Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 10 Lakh in the course of the WPL 2024 Auction on December 9.
Fastest recorded ladies’s Test fifties
- Fastest recorded fifties in Women’s Tests:
- 40 – Sangita Dabir – India vs England, 1995
- 40 – Vanessa Bowen – Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1998
- 48 – Nat Sciver-Brunt – England v Australia, 2022
- 49 – Satheesh Shubha – India v England, 2023
- 51 – Smriti Mandhana – India v Australia, 2021
- 57 – Maia Lewis – New Zealand v England, 1996
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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