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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 16 (ANI): Smriti Mandhana’s excellent century and Deepti Sharma’s cameo of 37 runs powered India to 265/8 against South Africa in their first ODI of the three-match series here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. Apart from Mandhana’s knock of 117 runs, Deepti hammered 37 off 48 while Pooja Vastrakar returned with a score of unbeaten 31 (42). Opted to bat first, India struggled to start well as their opener Shafali Verma (7) and Dayalan Hemalatha for 12. However, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana kept things in India’s favour as she dealt with boundaries. Ind…