Rahul Tiwari
khelja|15-01-2025
The day of 15th January has become very special in the history of Indian cricket. On this day, big records are made by the Indian men's team as well as the women's team. Actually, the last match of the 3-match ODI series against the Indian women's team and Ireland was played today (January 15) at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. In this match, the Indian women's team had created a series of records. He accomplished a feat which the Indian men's team had accomplished two years ago on the same date.
Actually, the Indian women's team defeated Ireland by a margin of 304 runs in this match. This is India's biggest victory in the history of ODI cricket. At the same time, two years ago, on January 15, the Indian men's team had also achieved the biggest win in the history of ODI cricket. Then Team India had defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 317 runs. That is the biggest win in the history of men's ODI cricket. That means both the Indian teams have achieved their biggest ODI wins on the same date.
Let us tell you, the Indian women's team, batting first in this match, scored 435 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. The Indian team became the first Asian team to cross the score of 400 in women's ODI, that is, it made its highest score in ODI.
Smriti Mandhana played an innings of 135 runs in 80 balls in this match, in which she hit 12 fours and seven sixes. With this, he made the record of scoring the fastest ODI century for India. She achieved this feat in 70 balls and broke the record of Harmanpreet Kaur.
Pratika Raval scored 154 runs in 129 balls, which included 20 fours and 1 six. She became the batsman with the third highest innings score in ODI for India. Deepti Sharma (188) and Harmanpreet (171*) are ahead of her in this list.