Harleen Deol slammed a century in 2nd ODI. Photo: BCCI
Harleen Doel scored her maiden century in international cricket as India registered a big 115-run win over West Indies to go 2-0 up in the three-match ODI series. The right-handed batter scored a brilliant 115 off 103 balls. Harleen, who came out to bat at number 3, hit 16 boundaries in her knock. She batted with a strike rate of 111.65.
Harleen created a huge record during her knock and became the second Indian women's cricketer to do so. The 26-year-old is now one of the two Indians to achieve the three-figure mark in less than 100 balls in ODIs. Previously, the record only belonged to Harmanpreet Kaur.
| Fastest centurions for India |
Balls |
| Harmanpreet Kaur |
87 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur |
90 |
| Harleen Deol |
98 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur |
100 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur |
100 |
Harleen completed her century in 98 balls. Harmanpreet became the first Indian to do so in the all-important game against Australia in the 2017 World Cup. She did it for the second time against South Africa in 2024. She has two centuries off 100 balls.
Smriti Mandhana missed out on this milestone in the 2018/19 season. She completed her century off 101 balls against New Zealand.
India win series
Courtesy of their wins in first 2 ODIs, India have won the ongoing three-match series 2-0. The Women in Blue won the first ODI by a huge 211-run margin. Smriti Mandhana smashed a match-winning 91 in the fixture.
She continued her form and hit 53 off 47 balls in the second game. She and Pratika Rawal once again put on more than 100 runs for the first wicket and added 110 runs in 16.3 overs. Playing her second ODI, Pratika scored 76 off 86 balls.
Harleen did the job after coming out to bat at number 3 and took the team beyond the 300-run mark. Jemimah Rodrigues scored a quick 52 off 36 balls.
WI captain Hayley Matthews scored a century but her efforts went in vain. Priya Mishra dismissed 3 batters while Deepti Sharma, Titas Sadhu and Pratika scalped 2 wickets each as WI were bowled out for 243. The third ODI will be played on Friday (December 27) from 9:30 AM IST.
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