IND-W vs IRE-W: India scored 370/5 in 50 overs, their highest score in ODI-winning matches, breaking the previous record of 358 against the same opponent.
The Indian women's cricket team is playing its second match of the three-match ODI series here in Rajkot on Sunday. After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian team scored a huge score of 370 runs for 5 wickets. This is the highest score of the Indian women's team in ODI cricket history so far. Jemima Rodrigues played an important role in taking the host team to this score. She scored the first century of her ODI career.
India won the toss and decided to bat first. Captain Smriti Mandhana (73) and Pratik Raval (67) gave the team a solid start by sharing 156 runs for the first wicket. However, both of them were out again on two consecutive balls.
After his dismissal, Rodrigues and Harleen Deol (89) added 183 runs for the third wicket to take India past 300. Rodrigues played an unbeaten innings of 102 runs. She faced 91 balls and hit 12 fours. Apart from her, Deol played an innings of 89 runs with the help of 12 fours in 84 balls.
This is the highest score of the Indian women's team in ODI history. The previous highest score of the Indian women's team in ODI was 358 runs for 5 wickets, which it made against West Indies in Vadodara. Mandhana and Pratika Raval have made a partnership of more than 100 runs for the fifth time in ODI. This pair has so far scored 468 runs at an average of 93.60.
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