14-year-old Mumbai opener Ira Jadhav on Sunday grew to become the primary Indian to slam a triple hundred in U19 cricket.
Opening the batting for Mumbai within the U19 Girls’s One Day Trophy, Jadhav waltzed into the document books as she broke India batter Smriti Mandhana’s age-group document for the very best U19 rating by an Indian.
Jadhav despatched the hapless Meghalaya assault on the Alur Cricket Floor on an unprecedented leather-based hunt, amassing 42 fours and 16 sixes in her marathon innings. {The teenager} completed unbeaten on 346 off 157 balls as Mumbai mounted a mammoth 563/3 in 50 overs – the very best rating by an Indian ladies’s home aspect throughout all tournaments and age teams.
Jadhav is the primary Indian (man or lady) to document a triple century throughout any BCCI-organised limited-overs event.
Having picked the bat up for the primary time when she was eight years outdated, Ira Jadhav had listed herself within the WPL public sale 2025 record in December. Nevertheless, marked among the many youngest gamers within the mini-auction pool, Jadhav discovered no bidders.
Alongside Anshu Nagar, Ira Jadhav was the youngest participant within the WPL 2025 public sale, aged 13 and 14 respectively
Jemimah Rodrigues is my idol
Talking in an interview with Opening Door Jadhav revealed Jemimah Rodrigues is her function mannequin. “There may be one participant who I believe is my cricketing idol—Jemimah Rodrigues.”
“I like the best way she handles her teammates, the vitality she will get into the crew, her sport, and her vitality on the sphere. I’m aiming for the Nationwide crew. I additionally wish to signify India on the World Cup,” she stated.
Talking of her finest second in her brief cricketing profession Jadhav would say, “It was the time I scored my first century (163) in a combined crew. This was in Pune a number of years in the past and the groups had a mixture of girls and boys. That gave me the boldness that I might do nicely.”
Transient scores: Mumbai 563/3 in 50 overs (Ira Jadhav 346 not out, Hurley Gala 116, Diksha Pawar 39)
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