By no means earlier than seen in males’s cricket; Indian ladies inform the historical past of Take a look at cricket itself

By no means earlier than seen in males’s cricket; Indian ladies inform the historical past of Take a look at cricket itself

2024-06-28 12:18:00

Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai will witness a one-off Take a look at of the South African ladies’s group on their tour of India. The Indian group went into the one Take a look at match of the tour following sweeping their opponents within the three-match ODI collection held earlier.

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur received the toss and selected to bat. The scoreboard modified quickly because the batsman confirmed the captain’s determination.

India completed the primary day of play with 4 matches ending at 525. Shefali Verma’s double century, Smriti Manthana’s century and Jemima Rodriguez’s half-century supplied the most effective complete for India.

Shefali scored 205 runs off 197 balls, Manthana scored 149 runs off 161 balls, and Jemima scored 55 runs off 94 balls.

Other than this, Richa Ghosh scored 43 runs off 33 balls and captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored 42 runs off 76 balls to assist India.

With this, India broke a report within the historical past of cricket. India’s feat in opposition to South Africa at Chepauk is the best rating by a group in a single day within the historical past of Checks (Males’s and Girls’s Checks).

Earlier in 2002, the Sri Lankan males’s group broke the report by scoring 508 runs in opposition to Bangladesh.

Other than this, India additionally achieved the best complete within the historical past of the Take a look at on the primary day. That is the primary time that the Indian ladies’s group has crossed the five hundred+ mark within the Take a look at.

India’s highest complete in Girls’s Checks

(So as of rating – opponent – location – yr)

525/4 (to date) – South Africa – Chennai – 2024*

467/10 – England – Taunton – 2002

428/10 – England – Mumbai – 2023

426/9d – England – Blackpool – 1986

406/10 – Australia – Mumbai – 2023

In a match the place each openers accomplished centuries, India scored a complete of 292 for the primary wicket. Within the final ball of the 52nd over, Delmari Tucker hit Manthana once more to provide India the primary knock. Manthana left the sector following scoring 149 off 161 balls.

The vice-captain was out however Shefali smashed the ball from the opposite facet. Within the Checks, the gamers addressed all of the shortcomings that had prevented them from shining within the earlier ODI collection. Shefali shone with a double century.

Shefali had earlier shared the report of the best maiden wicket partnership in ladies’s Take a look at historical past with Manthana whereas additionally scoring the quickest double century.

Shefali accomplished his double hundred within the 194th ball he confronted. Shefali broke Annabel Sutherland’s report of a double hundred in 248 balls in opposition to South Africa this yr.

Shefali additionally turned the second Indian girl participant in historical past to finish a double century in a Take a look at match. Indian legend Mithali Raj was the primary to attain the feat 22 years in the past. On the day, the participant scored 214 runs off 407 balls.

Highlights: India creates historical past with highest complete in a one-day Take a look at match

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