Information tumbled at Chepauk as Harmanpreet Kaur-led India turned the primary ever group to cross 600 within the historical past of girls’s Take a look at cricket on Saturday.
India declared on 603/6 after 115.1 overs, a couple of minutes after they broke the report set by Australia simply earlier this yr (575/9 in Perth). Sadly for South Africa, they have been on the receiving finish on each events, having now conceded 1178 runs within the two innings they’ve bowled in Exams this yr.
It was India’s highest rating already in Take a look at cricket on the opening day, after they crossed 467 that they made in opposition to England in Taunton in 2002.
There have been two record-breaking partnerships within the innings as nicely. With a gap stand of 292 on Day 1, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma recorded highest-ever partnership for the primary wicket in girls’s Exams for India, and in addition the second highest partnership for any wicket by any group on this format. On Day 2, it was Harmanpreet and Richa Ghosh’s flip as they posted 143 for the fifth wicket, as soon as once more the best in girls’s Exams.
Chennai: India Ladies’s Shafali Verma celebrates her double century throughout a one-off take a look at cricket match between India and South Africa, on the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, Friday, June 28, 2024. (PTI Photograph/R Senthilkumar)
On Friday, together with her gorgeous 205, Shafali Verma turned solely the 2nd Indian to attain a double ton in girls’s Exams, after Mithali Raj. The 20-year-old Shafali additionally turned the 2nd youngest behind Mithali to realize the feat, with the previous captain scoring her well-known 214 when she 19 years previous.
Reaching her double century off 194 balls, Shafali Verma smashes the report for the quickest double century in girls’s Exams, breaking the report set by Annabel Sutherland solely earlier this yr. (As soon as once more, South Africa being on the receiving finish in Perth).
In what was maybe probably the most gorgeous statistic to emerge from this match, Shafali Verma smashed 8 sixes in her innings of 205, greater than any lady has managed in a whole profession. The place information is on the market, Ash Gardner is second on the listing of most sixes in girls’s Exams, with three to her title. Shafali now has 13 sixes to her title in Exams to date.
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