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Georgetown (Guyana), Nov 16 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> India rode their spinners' good show to beat Ireland with a comfortable 52-run margin and enter the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World T20 at the Providence Stadium here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

After managing 145\/6, the tweakers maintained tight leash on Irish women restricting them to 93\/8 in 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Courtesy their third win, India now have six points and are assured of a last-four spot along with Australia (6 points from 3 games) with New Zealand, Pakistan and Ireland already even before their campaign could officially end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The spinners Radha Yadav (3\/25), Deepti Sharma (2\/15), Poonam Yadav (1\/14) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (1\/10 in 4 overs) picked wickets at regular intervals although India's batting performance left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ireland were never in the chase conceding as many as 65 dot balls (nearly 11 overs).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Once Deepti got the wicket of Gaby Lewis (9) with an off-break and Poonam's leg-break saw the end of Clare Shillington (23) stumped by Taniya Bhatia, Ireland had no chance whatsoever.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, former skipper Mithali Raj once again came to India's rescue with a fluent half century to help the women-in-blue post a below-par 145\/6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mithali, who top-scored with a 56-ball 51, laced with 4 fours and a six, did not find a stable partner at the other end, thanks to some casual batting from her teammates and immaculate bowling from the Irish women.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In the process, the veteran right-hander also created a new record of being the highest run-getter for India in T20Is with 2283 runs. Rohit Sharma (2207 runs) is the second in the list, followed by men's team skipper Virat Kohli.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Put in to bat, India got off to a steady 67-run start from Mithali and Smriti Mandhana (33 off 29 balls; 4X4, 6X1) before the southpaw once again departed after getting a decent start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The young Jemimah Rodrigues (18 off 11; 4X3) got off to a brisk start and quickly added 40 runs for the second wicket with Mithali before being stumped off Irish captain Laura Delany's bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Thereafter, the in-form India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (7) and No.5 Veda Krishnamurthy (9) departed in quick succession, leaving India reeling at 127\/4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Mithali, however, waged a lone battle bringing up her sedate half century off 54 deliveries but perished soon, caught behind off Kim Garth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Towards the end, Dayalan Hemalatha (4), Deepti Sharma (10 not out) and Radha Yadav (1 not out) failed to accelerate the scoring rate as India ended up with 145.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief Scores: India 145\/6 (Mithali Raj 51, Smriti Mandhana 33; Kim Garth 2\/22) beat Ireland 93\/8 in 20 overs (Isobel Joyce 33; Radha Yadav 3\/25)<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/har.jpg", "alt_img": "ICC Women's WorldT20: Indian ride spinners' show to beat Ireland and make semis Images", "alt_title": "ICC Women's WorldT20: Indian ride spinners' show to beat Ireland and make semis", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "ICC Women's WorldT20: Indian ride spinners' show to beat Ireland and make semis", "seo_desc": "Georgetown (Guyana), Nov 16 (CRICKETNMORE): India rode their spinners' good show to beat Ireland with a comfortable 52-run margin and enter the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World T20 at on Cricketnmore.", "seo_keywords": "ICC women's World T20 2018", "tag": "", "tagging": "ICC women's World T20 2018,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "icc-womens-worldt20-indian-ride-spinners-show-to-beat-ireland-and-make-semis", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2480", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2018-11-16 11:52:57", "updated": "2018-11-16 11:56:21", "img_from": "Google", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2018-11-16 11:52:57", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2018-11-16 11:52:57", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/icc-womens-worldt20-indian-ride-spinners-show-to-beat-ireland-and-make-semis-42923" }