Indian women, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, registered a record run chase in the first ODI against England women to lead the series 1-0. Deepti Sharma took India Women over the victory line and equaled the record of another Sharma of the Indian team.
Record run chase
India chased 259 against England in the first ODI. This is India’s second-highest chase in ODIs. India’s top 3 run chases in ODIs came in the last 4 years.
Highest run chase by India in WODIs:
- 266/8 vs Australia ( 2021 )
- 262/6 vs England ( 2025 )
- 252/4 vs New Zealand ( 2022 )
- 248/5 vs South Africa ( 2019 )
- 245/9 vs South Africa ( 2017 )
This is also the fourth-highest run chase against England women in ODIs and the highest on their home ground.
Highest run chase against Engand in ODIs :
- 269 by Australia at Chennai ( 2007 )
- 269 by Australia at Hobart ( 2014 )
- 263 by South Africa at Centurion ( 2016 )
- 259 by India at Southampton ( 2025 )
- 253 by South Africa at Taunton ( 1997 )
Highest run chase against England in England:
- 259 by India at Southampton ( 2025 )
- 253 by South Africa at Taunton ( 1997 )
- 241 by New Zealand at Derby ( 2007 )
- 230 by India at Lord’s ( 2012 )
Women in Blue broke the 28 year-old record of South Africa for the highest run chase against England at their home soil. India also become the first team to successfully chase 200-pls totals twice against England in England.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s unit also equaled the record of Sri Lanka in chasing 250-plus totals for 3 times which is the most among other Asian teams:
Teams to chase 250-plus targets for most times in ODI cricket:
- Australia – 13 times
- South Africa – 6 times
- New Zealand – 5 times
- Sri Lanka – 3 times
- India – 3 times
- England – 1 time
- Ireland – 1 time
- Zimbabwe – 1 time
Fourteenth fifty for Deepti Sharma
Deepti Sharma scored an unbeaten 62, which helped the Women in Blue chase the record total. It was her 14th half-century in ODI cricket. She equaled the record for the seventh most fifties for Women in Blue in ODIs, along with Jaya Sharma
Most ODI fifties for India:
- Mithali Raj – 64
- Smriti Mandhana – 31
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 19
- Anjum Chopra – 18
- Poonam Raut – 15
- Jaya Sharma – 14
- Deepti Sharma – 14
- Anju Jain – 12
- KV Jain – 9
Jemimah Rodrigues missed her seventh ODI half-century by just 2 runs. She got out for 48 runs off 54 balls. Deepti Sharma’s 62 is also the highest score by a No. 6 batter for India in successful ODI run chases.
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