The Indian women’s team won the third ODI against Ireland by 304 runs on Wednesday in Rajkot. With this victory, India won the three-match series 3-0. This is India’s largest win in terms of runs, surpassing the previous record of 249 runs when they defeated Ireland in 2017.
In this match, the team set their highest score, making 435 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs while batting first. Just three days ago, India had scored 370 runs against Ireland.
This is the fourth-highest score in women’s ODI cricket. The highest score is held by New Zealand, who scored 491 runs against Ireland in 2018. Captain Smriti Mandhana scored a century in just 70 balls, becoming the fastest woman cricketer to score a century for India in ODIs. Smriti played an innings of 135 runs from 80 balls.
The Indian team won the toss and chose to bat on Wednesday in Rajkot. They scored 435 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs, setting a target of 436 runs for Ireland. In response, Ireland was all out for 131 runs in 31.4 overs.
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Raval Century
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Raval both scored centuries for India. Mandhana made 135 runs off 80 balls, while Pratika scored 154 runs off 129 balls. They shared a partnership of 233 runs for the first wicket. Richa Ghosh played an innings of 59 runs off 42 balls. For Ireland, Orla Prendergast took 2 wickets, while Arlene Kelly, Freya Sargent, and Georgina Dempsey took 1 wicket each.
Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets
Chasing a target of 436 runs, 7 Irish batsmen couldn’t score in double digits. Sarah Forbes made the highest score with 41 runs, while Orla Prendergast scored 36 runs. Leah Paul made 15 runs, and Laura Delany scored 10 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets, Tanuja Kanwar took 2 wickets, and Titas Sadhu, Sayali Satghare, and Minnu Mani each took 1 wicket.
Indian women's team broke its own record in 3 days
The Indian team broke their own record in just three days. On January 12, they scored 370 runs against Ireland in the second ODI, which was the highest score by the Indian women’s team in ODIs. Now, in just three days, Team India has broken that record by scoring 435 runs.