The Indian Women’s broke a plethora of records during their dominating win in the second ODI fixture against West Indies Women. The game took place on Monday (December 24) at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side won the toss and chose to bat first. They got off to a terrific 110-run opening stand of Smriti Mandhana (53) and Pratika Rawal (76). Coming at No. 3, Harleen Deol slammed 115 off 103, which was her maiden ton in international cricket.
Later, Jemimah Rodrigues (52) made a useful contribution, as India posted a mammoth 358-run total on the board. In response, West Indies Women tried well, riding on captain Hayley Matthews’ (106) seventh ton, but they eventually lost by 115 runs. Priya Mishra emerged as the pick of the bowlers for the hosts with figures of 3/49.
A look into records India Women broke during 2nd ODI against West Indies Women
1) Joint-highest total: India Women posted their joint-highest total of 358/5 on Tuesday. She earlier slammed 358/2 against Ireland Potchefstroom in 2017.
2) Most 300+ totals in a single year: India Women have now registered their most 300+ totals in a single calendar year in 2014. Interestingly, it was the first instance of them scoring more than 300 runs in consecutive games.
3) Most Boundaries: India Women slammed a total of 47 boundaries (43 fours and four sixes), which is the most by them in a single ODI game.
4) Highest run-scorer in WODI’s in 2014: Smriti Mandhana surpassed Laura Wolvaardt to become the top-scorer in Women’s ODIs in 2024 with 743 runs.
5) Century in less than 100 balls: Harleen Deol reached the three-figure mark in 98 balls, and became only the second India batter to score a century in less than 100 balls.
What India Women batter Harleen Deol said after scoring a hundred against West Indies Women?
The talented Indian batter, Harleen Deol made her ODI debut in February 2019. But, she never maintained her spot in the XI, due to failing to convert her starts into big knocks. However, she finally hit her maiden ODI hundred and looks set to retain her place in the 50-over side.
In the post-match presentation, Player of the Match Deol expressed her happiness of hitting a century and contributing to the team’s win. She said:
“Definitely it is a very proud moment for me, waiting for it for a long time, just enjoy it. When I came into bat, I just had that much time, I thought of playing some cricket. The more I play, the more shots I can play, that was on my mind, nothing else. When you are batting well, it’s always easy no matter where you are batting. The last match I played, I thought of continuing that flow.
“Means a lot to me, when I was in rehab, I was thinking of scoring a century day in and day out. Ultimate goal was to make the team win and today was that dream so I just went with the flow. For me it’s the first one, I don’t know about the scrappy 100s, few shots were not on, talking to my partners, they were telling me those shots were not on, so go for the other shots.”
FAQs
Who is the top-scorer in IND-W vs WI-W ODI series?
Harleen Deol – 159 runs
Who is the finest bowler IND-W vs WI-W ODI series?
Renuka Singh – 6 wickets
