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Team India's women power, did what even men could not do in ODI, set a record

January 15, 2025


Digital Desk: The Indian women's cricket team created history in the third ODI against Ireland in Rajkot today. This is the highest individual score by an Indian batsman in ODI history. This includes both men and women. India scored 435/5 in 50 overs in the first ODI against Ireland at Rajkot. Overall, the women's team outperformed the men's team.

The men's team also surpassed the record set by the Indian women's team. The previous record in both men's and women's ODI cricket was set by the Indian men's team against the West Indies in Indore in 2011. Then the Indian team scored 418/5. New Zealand holds the record for scoring the most runs in an innings in women's cricket in ODIs. He made this record against Ireland in the year 2018.

For the first time, the women's team crossed the 400 barrier. Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian women's team also crossed the 400-run mark for the first time in the history of ODI cricket. On January 12, the Indian women's team made the highest team score in ODIs by scoring 370 runs.

Mandhana, who was captaining in place of Harmanpreet Kaur in the series with Ireland, scored the fastest century for India in women's ODIs, her 10th. Smriti Mandhana broke Harmanpreet Kaur's record for the fastest century by an Indian batter in women's ODI cricket. Smriti also became the fourth cricketer to score 10 or more centuries in women's ODIs. Smriti scored a century in just 70 balls against Ireland in the final ODI of the three-match series in Rajkot, scoring 135 runs in 80 balls, in which she hit seven sixes and 12 fours. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur had scored a century in 87 balls against South Africa in Bengaluru last year.

Harmanpreet has held the record since 2017, when she scored a 90-ball century in Derby against Australia in the 2017 ODI World Cup. Mandhana's 70-ball century is also the joint-seventh fastest in women's ODI cricket history. The record for the fastest women's ODI century is in the name of Meg Lanning, who scored a century in 45 balls against New Zealand in 2012.

Apart from Smriti, opener Pratika Raval also played a brilliant knock of 154 runs in 129 balls. He hit 20 fours and 1 six. This was his first ODI hundred. Pratika Rawal has so far scored 444 runs in six ODI innings at an average of 74. This is the most runs scored by any player after the first six women's ODIs, surpassing Natthakan Chantham's 322.

Pratika and captain Mandhana shared a 233-run partnership for the first wicket in 26.4 overs. Richa Ghosh, who came in at number three, also scored a brilliant 59.

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