Rahul Tiwari
khelja|12-01-2025
It is every batsman's dream to score a double century in a 50 over match. Till now there are very few cricketers who have achieved this feat in professional cricket. But an Indian player has created history by scoring consecutive triple centuries in 50 over matches. This historic inning was seen in the Women's Under-19 ODI Trophy being played in Indian domestic cricket. Mumbai batsman Ira Jadhav has achieved this feat. Let us tell you, Ira Jadhav is currently only 14 years old.
Mumbai team faced Meghalaya at Aloor Stadium in Bengaluru. Ira Jadhav played this record-breaking inning against Meghalaya. In this match, he played an unbeaten inning of 346 runs in 157 balls. During this, Ira Jadhav also hit 42 fours and 16 sixes. He scored runs at a strike rate of 220. During this, he completed a triple century in 138 balls. With this, Ira Jadhav became the first Indian player to score a triple century in the Under 19 ODI Trophy. At the same time, with this inning, Ira Jadhav also became the batsman who played the biggest innings for India in the Under 19 ODI Trophy.
Record Alert
Ira Jadhav of Mumbai has smashed the highest individual score in Women's Under 19 One Day Trophy history
She scored 346* (157) against Meghalaya in Bangalore, powering Mumbai to a massive 563/3 @IDFCFIRSTBank
score card https://t.co/Jl8p278OuG pic.twitter.com/0dMN6RKeHD
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) January 12, 2025
Let us tell you, before Ira Jadhav, the record of playing the biggest innings for India in the Under 19 ODI Trophy was in the name of Smriti Mandhana. Smriti Mandhana had played an unbeaten inning of 224 runs. But Ira Jadhav has gone far ahead of them. Apart from these, Raghavi Bisht, Jemimah Rodrigues and Sanika Chalke have also scored double centuries in Under 19 ODI matches. Let us tell you, Ira Jadhav has been selected in the Indian team for the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup to be played from January 18, but she is a standby player.
Due to this historic innings of Ira Jadhav, Mumbai team was successful in making a big score against Meghalaya in this match. Mumbai scored 563 runs at the loss of three wickets in 50 overs. During this, Mumbai captain Harley Gala also played a century. Hurley Gala scored 116 runs in 79 balls, which included 14 fours and one six.