Smriti Mandhana-led Indian women's cricket team defeated Gaby Lewis' Ireland side by a historic margin of 304 runs in the third ODI of the series which was being played at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, on January 15 (Wednesday). Batting first the Women in Blue batting first posted 435/5 on the scoreboard and registered the highest score by an Indian team across both men's and women's ODIs. They clean sweeped the Irish and won the series 3-0.
India's historic score
India registered their highest-ever and fourth-highest score in the Women's ODI history with the help of centuries from Smriti Mandhana (135) and Pratika Rawal (154). Smriti Mandhana smashed her 10th ODI century in the match, whereas Pratika Rawal hit her maiden WODI ton.
Mandhana became the first Indian player to reach the double digits in WODI hundreds with her tenth century, which also happened to be the fastest century ever achieved by an Indian women player (70 balls). On the other hand, turned her knock big as she scored 154 runs, which is the third-highest individual score by an Indian batter in WODI after Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma.
The Mandhana-led side not only broke the record for the highest-ever score in WODIs on Indian soil. The previous was held by Australia with 412 runs against Denmark back in 1997. However, another astonishing feat it that they have now registered the highest score by an Indian team in ODIs, this includes both the men's and women's teams.
The previous best was 418/5 by the Indian Men's team against the West Indies. The way the Indian team has performed in this series so far has shown nothing but absolute dominance. They are already leading the series 2-0 and a clean sweep series victory seems inevitable from here.
Indian bowlers restrict Ireland on 131
On the same ground where India shattered many records. Irish batters were seen struggling against the Indian attack. They got all out for a paltry score of 131 runs and India won the match by a massive margin of 304 runs. This is Indian women's team's biggest win margin in WODIs.