Watch Smriti Mandhana and teammates thank 47000 fans with a lap of honour

Indian women’s team honoured, in what was a rare instance of a 47,000-strong crowd at the DY Patil Stadium, expressed gratitude with a victory lap after defeating Australia in the second T20I in a thrilling Super Over on Sunday.

After free entry was allowed in the first T20I on Friday, the tickets were sold out for the 2^nd T20I at the same stadium.

More than 47,000 spectators were present at the stadium to support the Women in Blue.

The player of the match and the fan-favourite Smriti Mandhana took the opportunity to express gratitude to the fans for such overwhelming support.

“Thank you everyone for coming. Amazing, amazing atmosphere. We all just love people who come to support us and yeah, unreal, unreal game. Didn’t expect, but I think it was all possible because of the crowd and their support,” Mandhana said after the match.

The BCCI Women shared the video of the same on their Twitter account.

“Please keep coming and we will try and make you guys proud,” she added.

The crowd attendance gained importance as women’s cricket does not see such attendance on a regular basis.

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With the women’s cricket getting all the attraction and the Women’s IPL around the corner, the sight of a packed stadium must be electric for the players.

Talking about the match, India tied with Australia’s total of 187 at the end of 20 overs as Smriti Mandhana played a brilliant hand scoring 79 off 49 deliveries and Richa Ghosh smashed 26 off 13 deliveries.

India then set a target of 21 for Australia in the Super Over. The visitors fell four runs short of it despite Alyssa Healy hitting a boundary and a six on the last two balls.

The teams will now move to Brabourne Stadium where they will play the remaining three games of the series.

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