Harmanpreet Kaur’s captain’s knock and Kranti Gaud‘s match-winning spell helped India to clinch the series in a high-scoring thriller. Hosts bounced back well after two early wickets, but fell short of 13 runs in the end. Let’s look at the records being shattered after India‘s series win over England.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s Captain’s knock
Indian Captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who was going through a lean patch in her batting form recently, stepped up for her team when it mattered the most. She smashed 102 runs off 84 balls, which helped India to post a huge total of 318/5 on the board.
Harman became the first visiting batter to score three ODI hundreds in England. She also scored the second-fastest hundred by an Indian in ODIs.
Fastest hundred by an Indian in ODIs:
- 70 balls – Smriti Mandhana
- 83 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur
- 87 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur
- 89 balls – Jemimah Rodrigues
- 90 balls – Harmanpreet Kaur
- 90 balls – Jemimah Rodrigues
Harmanpreet Kaur into the 4000 club
Harmanpreet Kaur crossed 4000 runs in ODIs, becoming only the third Indian batter to achieve this feat after Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana.
Most runs in ODIs for India:
- Mithali Raj – 7085 runs
- Smriti Mandhana – 4588 runs
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 4069 runs
- Anjum Chopra – 2856 runs
- Deepti Sharma – 2392 runs
- Poonam Raut – 2299 runs
Overall, Harmanpreet is the 18th batter to cross 4000 runs in WODIs.
Kranti Goud’s record-breaking spell
Kranti Goud bowled a match-winning spell for 9-52-6 to restrict the hosts from chasing the record total. She became the fourth Indian bowler to take a six-wicket haul in ODIs. Deepti Sharma is the only Indian to do it twice. Kranti Goud achieved this feat in just her fourth ODI.
Best bowling figures for India in ODIs:
- Mamatha Maben – 10/6 vs Sri Lanka ( 2004 )
- Deepti Sharma – 20/6 vs Sri Lanka ( 2016 )
- Jhulan Goswami – 31/6 vs New Zealand ( 2011 )
- Deepti Sharma – 31/6 vs West Indies ( 2024 )
- Kranti Goud – 52/6 vs England ( 2025 )
- Ekta Bisht – 8/5 vs Pakistan ( 2017 )
Highest score of England while chasing
England got all out for 305 runs while chasing 319 runs. This is the third-highest score while chasing in ODIs. Unfortunately, four of the top five highest score in chasing came in a losing cause.
Highest score in ODIs while chasing:
- South Africa – 321/6 vs India ( lost )
- South Africa – 314/7 vs India ( lost )
- South Africa – 305/9 vs England ( lost )
- Sri Lanka – 305/4 vs South Africa ( won )
- England – 305 all out vs India ( lost )
- Engand – 298/8 vs Australia ( lost )
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