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Indian opener Smriti Mandhana continued her impressive run in the Women’s Cricket Super League with an unbeaten 43 off 27 balls, propelling Western Storm to a nine-wicket win over Southern Vipers at Arundel in England on Tuesday.

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Vipers were 91 all out in 18.1 overs, a target West Storm raced to in 9.3 overs.

Mandhana was in ominous touch as she has been all through the tournament, having scored 48, 37 and a record equalling 52 not out in the first three games.

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Her unbeaten fifty in the previous game was enough to equal the record of the fastest half-century in the competition’s history.

The Indian shared an unbeaten 54-run stand alongside Rachel Priest of New Zealand to fashion an emphatic win for Western Storm.