The Indian women’s cricket team made history on Sunday, January 12, during their second ODI match against Ireland at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
The Indian women’s cricket team posted their highest total in ODI history after posting a mammoth 370/5 in 50 overs on the board in the ongoing second ODI against Ireland in Rajkot.
Indian women’s cricket team set a new ODI record with 370/5 against Ireland
The incredible performance by the Indian batsmen surpassed their previous record of 358/2, which was also set against Ireland in 2017. Then Deepti Sharma (188) and Punam Raut (109) smashed centuries to help India beat Ireland by 249 runs in Potchefstroom.
This time there are four heroes: Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal and captain Smriti Mandhana, who helped the Indian women’s cricket team break their own ODI record to mark a new milestone in their ODI achievements in the ongoing clash against Ireland Women in Rajkot.
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India’s highest women’s total in ODI cricket:
370/5 v Ireland Women in Rajkot (2024*)
358/2 v Irish Women in Potchefstroom (2017)
358/5 v West Indies Women at Vadodara (2024)
333/5 against England at Canterbury (2022)
325/3 v South Africa Women at Bengaluru (2024)
Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana shine with the bat in the 2nd ODI against Ireland
After winning the toss, the Indian women’s cricket team opted to bat first and their opener, Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal gave the hosts an outstanding start against Ireland. Mandhana played a brilliant knock of 73 runs off 54 balls while Rawal smashed 67 runs off 61 balls in Rajkot.
Mandhana and Rawal added 156 runs off 114 balls for the first wicket which put the Indian women in the forefront against Ireland. And then Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues stole the show with their entertaining knocks, putting together a 183-run partnership for the third wicket to take the Indian women’s cricket team to a record ODI total.
While Harleen Deol made 89 runs, Jemimah Rodrigues smashed her first international hundred, scoring 102 runs off 91 balls, interspersed with 12 boundaries to give the Indian women’s cricket team the upper hand in the second ODI against Ireland in Rajkot which in progress.
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Jemimah Rodrigues was in sensational form as she went from a half-century to her maiden ODI century in just 28 balls, leaving the entire Indian women’s cricket team on the balcony in awe. After reaching the milestone, she celebrated in style, miming playing the song on a stick like a guitar.
We waited a long time to get this hundred: Jemimah Rodrigues
Jemimah said during a break between innings: “This means a lot. This hundred was long awaited. More than anything, I’m glad that the team gave me the role of number four and that I was able to live up to it. Today, the most important thing for me was to be there until the age of 50.
Because I know that running is not a problem. I am very good at running. But it’s just that feeling of hitting it all the way—it was a thought process and I’m glad I was able to do it. A hundred have just come.”
Well, the Indian women’s cricket team finished with a record 370/5, their highest ODI total. Significantly, the exciting 102 runs came from the last 10 overs against Ireland. Orla Prendergast and Arlene Kelly scalped two wickets each for Ireland in the second ODI against India in Rajkot.
