Indian women’s team captain Hamanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur Runs As ODI Captain: The Indian women’s team defeated the West Indies women’s team in the first ODI match played in Vadodara and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, the Indian team scored a total of 314 runs. After this, the West Indies team was all out for just 103 runs and could not even play the full 50 overs. India won by 211 runs, which is its second biggest win in women’s ODI cricket. Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol and Renuka Singh performed well for India in the match and it was only because of these players that the team was successful in winning.
Harmanpreet Kaur did wonders
Smriti Mandhana and debutant Pratika Rawal (40 runs) made a partnership of 110 runs for the first wicket. After this Mandhana missed her century and scored a total of 91 runs. Scored 44 runs with Harleen’s bat. The three top order batsmen had laid a good foundation for the Indian team to score big. After this, Harmanpreet scored 34 runs in just 23 balls, which included three fours and a six. With this, she has become the second Indian captain to complete thousand runs in women’s ODI cricket. Before her, Mithali Raj had scored a total of 5319 runs as captain in women’s ODI cricket.
Has captained in 26 ODI matches so far
Harmanpreet Kaur has so far captained the Indian team in 26 matches, in which she has scored 1012 runs. During this period, he has scored a total of three centuries and five half-centuries. 143 runs has been her highest score during her captaincy in women’s ODI cricket.
Mandhana played a strong innings
Smriti Mandhana has been in excellent form for some time now and in this match too she showed her batting prowess. She was out after scoring 91 runs. After Mandhana’s brilliant innings, Harleen Deol (44 runs in 50 balls), Harmanpreet Kaur (34 runs in 23 balls), Richa Ghosh (26 runs in 12 balls) and Jemimah Rodrigues (31 runs in 19 balls) scored quickly. , due to which the Indian team crossed the 300-run mark. After the strong performance of the batsmen, Renuka Singh took five wickets. He has achieved a five-wicket haul for the first time in his ODI career.
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