India Women's Cricket Team Sets Record-Breaking ODI Total: 370/5 Against Ireland

On Sunday, 12th January 2025, at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot, the India Women's cricket team made history. They scored their highest-ever team total in One Day Internationals (ODIs) during the second ODI against Ireland Women.

A Historic Innings

The India Women's team, sometimes additionally named as the Women in Blue, did very well with the bat, putting up a strikingly large 370/5 in 50 overs. This score is the largest they've ever made in ODI history, beating the old record of 358 runs. They hit 358 once against Ireland in 2017 (358/2) and another time against the West Indies in 2024 (358/5).

Star Performers

Jemimah Rodrigues played the best! Miss Rodrigues hit an amazing century, was all poised but aggressive, making fully sure she scored a major amount and kept the balls moving. Her important skills made sure India was always leading. Miss Rodrigues was the main highlight, no doubt.

Smriti Mandhana (Stand-in Captain): Filling in as skipper, Smriti Mandhana led by example with a crucial half-century. Her composed knock laid a solid foundation for the middle order to capitalize on. Harleen Deol: Harleen’s flamboyant half-century further bolstered India’s total. Her partnership with Jemimah proved pivotal in accelerating the scoring rate during the middle overs. Pratika Rawal: Making the most of her opportunity, Pratika played a vital supporting role with a brisk half-century that added crucial runs in the latter stages of the innings.

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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) January 12, 2025

Consistent Excellence

The Indian women's team has scored past 350 runs for the third time in ODIs because they are simply the best at doing it. Their batting lineup is a marvelous mix of seasoned professionals and fresh faces, proving they've demonstrated a solid ability every time.

To catch up to the record-setting total put by India, the Ireland women's team is in a difficult situation and it's going to take a very big job from them. The Indian team's bowlers are all set to support their batters, making it look like the women on the Indian team are about to win an important game.

The Indian Women's Cricket Team is doing extremely well lately. They've obtained a wonderful group with some very experienced players along with new talents popping up. The recent important game they played just shows how far they've come in a short time. They've gotten people very happy watching them and are making certain young ones dreaming of cricket are getting all excited to follow in their footsteps.

The cricketing world will keenly watch how the India women's team builds on this milestone as they aim to solidify their place among the elite in international cricket.

In the second game of the three-match WODI series against West Indies Women, hosts India Women equaled their highest WODI total. Meanwhile, Harleen Deol scored her first WODI century, which was the third fastest WODI century by an Indian.

Leading the series by 1-0, India Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur chose to bat first at Vadodara. The Indian top-order batters slammed the Caribbean bowlers and scored 358/5 in 50 overs. In reply, West Indies Women scored 243 all out as the hosts won by 115 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with one match to go.

Openers set a century opening partnership

Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal provided a solid start as they had a 110-run partnership for the opening wicket. After Mandhana was dismissed for 53 runs off 47 balls (seven fours and two sixes), which was her fifth successive 50+ score in the Indian kit, Harleen Deol joined Rawal. They had a 62-run partnership for the second wicket.

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Harleen Deol recorded third-fastest WODI century by an Indian

While Rawal was out after scoring 76 off 86 balls (11 fours and one six), Deol continued her dominant batting. Captain Harmanpreer Kaur scored 22 runs, but Deol had another big partnership of 116 runs with Jemimah Rodrigues. Deol completed her first WODI century in 98 balls and scored 115 off 103 balls with the help of 13 fours.  

After Harmanpreet Kaur’s 87-ball and 90-ball centuries, Deol recorded the third-fastest WODI century by an Indian batter. 

In the meantime, Rodrigues scored 52 off 36 balls (six fours and one six), while Richa Ghosh had a cameo of 13 not out in six balls with the help of two fours. 

India equalled their highest WODI total

While India Women scored 358/5, it was their joint highest WODI total. Previously, they scored 358/2 against Ireland Women in the 2017 Potchefstroom WODI. Meanwhile, it was also the highest WODI total for any team against West Indies Women, while the previous record was 318/9 by England Women during the 2019 Leicester WODI.

Hayley Matthews' century went in vain

In reply, only the skipper and opener Hayley Matthews produced strong challenges but didn’t get enough support from others. From 69/4, the visitors got some steady performances from Shemaine Campbelle (38), Zaida James (25), and Afy Fletcher (22), but none of those were enough for them.

Matthews hit her seventh WODI century as she scored 106 off 109 balls with 13 fours. 

Among the Indian bowlers, Priya Mishra picked up three wickets (3/49), while Deepti Sharma (2/40), Titas Sadhu (2/42), and Pratika Rawal (2/37) got two wickets each.