Indian Women Shine in 1st ODI Victory Over Gaby Lewis and Aimee Maguire’s Strong Performances

IN-W vs IR-W 1st ODI Highlights of Ireland Women’s Tour of India 2025

The first ODI of the Ireland Women’s tour of India 2025 was a show of great strength by both sides, the match at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium started with the Ireland side winning the toss and choosing to bat first. To put on a strong target for the Indian side, here are the highlights for the IN-W vs IR-W 1st ODI highlights of the Ireland Women’s Tour of India 2025,

Strong Strokes from the Irish Side

Ireland’s first innings started with a strong from their opener and captain Gaby Lewis, she managed to score 92 runs in 129 balls and knocked 15 4’s overall. But she wasn’t satisfied with the partnerships she had until the fourth wicket all the other batters did not manage to go above 10 runs until Leah Paul came onto the pitch and scored 59 runs out of 73 runs.

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India’s Bowling side led by Priya Mishra managed to stop Ireland for 238/7 in 50 overs, Priya Mishra was the star bowler with 2 wickets and 56 runs in 9 overs, apart from Saima Thakor had a good stint without wickets, she bowled 10 overs by giving away just 30 runs.

Pratika Rawal’s Heroic Knock

India had a target of 239 to be chased, which proved to be an easy chase for the team. Smriti and Pratika opened the innings with strong knocks from both bats, Smriti scored 41 runs in 29 balls and Pratika scored 89 runs in 96 balls.

After Smriti’s dismissal in the 9th over, there were satisfactory performances by the batter until Tejal Hasabnis entered the pitch to hit 53 out of 46 balls. Aimee Maguire was the best bowler from the Irish Side with 3 wickets and 57 runs in 8 overs. But her performance couldn’t stop India from chasing down the target, India won the match with 241/4 in 34 overs.