Harmanpreet Kaur scripts records with her 8th WODI hundred: Details
What's the story
Former Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur has raced to her eighth century in Women's ODIs. The batting ace reached the three-figure mark in the second WODI against Zimbabwe at the BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara. Harmanpreet led from the front after two early wickets and took her team to safety. She also went past 2,000 runs in home WODIs during the course.
Knock
A sensational knock from the 37-year-old
India were reeling at 19/2 when Harmanpreet came on to bat.
She hit a flurry of boundaries around the ground, putting Zimbabwean bowlers on the back foot.
Alongside opener Pratika Rawal, who made 61, Harmanpreet added 124 runs for the third wicket.
The latter was then involved in a 153-run partnership with fellow centurion Deepti Sharma.
The 37-year-old eventually went down as the fifth batter, having scored 126 off 121 balls with the help of 15 fours.
Elite list
2,000 runs in home WODIs
Playing her 72nd WODI at home, Harmanpreet has completed 2,073 runs at 37.69.
This includes 14 scores of 50 or more, including four tons.
Mithali Raj (2,833) and Smriti Mandhana (2,701) are the only other batters with 2,000-plus runs in the nation.
Harmanpreet also broke the tie with Mandhana to become the batter with the second-most WODI tons in India.
Mandhana leads this list with seven such scores.
Career
Harmanpreet breaks the tie with Mithali
While Harmanpreet now has eight WODI tons, only Mandhana (14) has more in Team India colors.
The former went past Mithali, who finished with seven hundreds.
Besides, Harmanpreet also has 24 half-centuries to her name in the format.
She has now raced to 4,667 runs in the format at an average of 37.94.
Rawal
Successive 50-plus scores for Rawal
Rawal, who made a brilliant 100* in her last outing, slammed four fours and two sixes in her 67-ball 61.
In 29 WODI games, the top-order batter now owns 1,350 runs at a stunning average of 51.92 (SR: 84).
Besides her three hundreds, Rawal also owns nine fifties.
Across 17 home WODIs, Rawal has amassed 981 runs at 65.40.
She clocked her 9th fifty-plus score in home WODIs (100s: 3, 50s: 6).