Harmanpreet Kaur, while playing the captaincy innings in the second ODI against England, led the Indian team to victory in the match and in the series. This is the first time in 23 years that the Indian women’s team has won an ODI series in England. In this match, Harmanpreet was also selected ‘Man of the Match’ for his explosive hitting.
The captain of the Indian women’s cricket team scored 143 runs from 111 balls. She hit 18 fours and 4 sixes in her innings. Harmanpreet completed her century in 100 balls. After this, she scored 43 runs on the next 11 balls. Due to her explosive batting in the death overs, the Indian team was able to set a huge target of 334 runs against England.
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This is the fifth century ODI from Harmanpreet Kaur. He has reached joint second position with Smriti Mandhana (5) among the Indian players who have scored the most centuries. Mithali Raj (7) holds the record for most ODI centuries for India. Harmanpreet has made another album in her name with this great score. This is the third highest score made by an Indian batswoman. At the beginning of the year 2017, Deepti Sharma scored 188 runs and Harmanpreet scored 171 runs.
In the second game of the series played at Cantbury on Wednesday night, the Indian team defeated England by 88 runs. With this victory, India took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Batting first, India scored a huge score of 333 runs in this match. Aside from Harmanpreet’s 111 runs, Harleen Deol (58) and Smriti Mandhana (40) also played big innings. In response, chasing the target of 334 runs, the entire England team dropped to 245 runs in 44.2 overs. Renuka Singh took 4 wickets for 57 runs for India.
