Harmanpreet Kaur hits unbeaten century to help India women set record total against England women in 2nd ODI

India women’s cricket team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was in her element on Wednesday as she slammed an unbeaten century against England in the 2nd ODI at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. This was a fifth ODI hundred for Harmanpreet, who got to the three-figure mark off 100 deliveries.

Overall, Harmanpreet Kaur smashed 143 runs off 111 deliveries, including 18 fours and 4 sixes. Riding on her brilliant innings, India registered their highest ODI score (333) against England for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 50 overs.

Notably, Harmanpreet stitched four vital partnerships with Smriti Mandhana (40), HarleenDeol (58), Pooja Vastrakar (18), and Deepti Sharma (15*) to help the visitors set a challenging total.

A superb batting performance by #TeamIndia to set a mammoth target of 3️⃣3️⃣4️⃣

1⃣4⃣3⃣* for Harmanpreet Kaur
5⃣8⃣ for Harleen Deol

Over to our bowlers now.

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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) September 21, 2022

After being invited to bat first by England, India lost opener Shafali Verma in the second over, as the batter once again failed to secure a big inning. The batter struck two boundaries in the first over and looked set for a big score but was clean bowled by Kate Cross.

Kate made an excellent start to her 50th ODI, dismissing Shafali in her first over for eight runs, leaving India at 12/1 in the second over of the match.

Yastika Bhatia made her way to the crease and stitched an important 54-run partnership with the in-form Smriti Mandhana to deny any wicket to the hosts till the 10th over, taking the score a healthy 60/1 at the 10-over mark. Both the batters kept the scoreboard ticking at a good rate, scoring boundaries regularly.

Mandhana in the process also completed 3000 ODI runs and became the fastest Indian woman to get there.

3⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ ODI runs & counting!