So astonishing was the first innings of the Test between India’s women and South Africa’s women that multiple new entries needed to be made into the sport’s record books by the time India had declared on the second day of play.
So astonishing was the first innings of the Test between India’s women and South Africa’s women that multiple new entries needed to be made into cricket’s record books by the time India had declared on the second day of play. In posting 603 for six before declaring in Chennai, India scored the highest total in women’s Test cricket and became the first to surpass the 600-mark in first-class cricket, according ESPN’s cricinfo.
She also became the first woman to hit more than 200 runs in a day in a Test match and, aged 20 years and 152 days, the second-youngest woman to score a Test double-century. Her partnership of 292 runs with Smriti Mandhana is the highest opening stand in women’s Test cricket. Another partnership, between Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh accumulated 143 runs, the highest fifth-wicket stand in women’s Tests.
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