Brilliant centuries from opener Smriti Mandhana and vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur took India to their highest score in the history of the ICC Women’s World Cup. In the crucial match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2022, India scored 317 for 8 in 50 overs after winning the toss against West Indies at Hamilton ground and batting first.
This is India’s highest score in the ODI World Cup. Prior to this, his highest score was 284 for 6 in 50 overs, which he made on 31 January 2013 against West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The special thing is that the command of that Indian team was also in the hands of Mithali Raj and this team is once the same captain. India won that match by 105 runs.
India has scored more than 300 runs for the first time in the Women’s World Cup. They are the sixth team in the world to score more than 300 runs in the Women’s World Cup. Before India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies have scored more than 300 runs in the Women’s World Cup.
The team of England has achieved this feat 5 times, while the teams of Australia and New Zealand have achieved this feat 2 times. The West Indies and South Africa teams have touched this figure once each. Now the Indian team has also joined this list.
In the match against West Indies, Smriti Mandhana played a sensational innings of 123 runs in 119 balls with the help of 13 fours and two sixes. At the same time, Harmanpreet Kaur hit 10 fours and 2 sixes during her 107-ball innings. She got out after scoring 109 runs.
This is Smriti Mandhana’s fifth in One Day International, while Harmanpreet Kaur This is his fourth century. This is Harmanpreet Kaur’s first century after scoring a century against Australia in the 2017 World Cup.
reminiscence And apart from Harmanpreet, Yastika Bhatia played a fast innings of 31 runs in 21 balls for India. India got off to a good start with this. He along with Smriti added 49 runs for the first wicket in 6.3 overs. However, India quickly lost the wickets of Mithali Raj (5) and Deepti Sharma (15) after her dismissal.
At one point India’s score was reduced to 78 for 3 in 13.5 overs. After this, Smriti and Harmanpreet shared 184 runs for the fourth wicket in 28.4 overs (116 balls). Anissa Mohammad was the most successful bowler for West Indies. He took two wickets for 59 runs. Hayley Matthews (1/65), Shakira Selman (1/41), Deandra Dottin (1/32) and Alia Allene (1/26) also took a wicket each.