Indian Women's Cricket Team Break Sri Lanka Men's 22-Year-Old Massive World Record

indian women's cricket team breaks sri lanka men's 22-year-old massive world record

The Indian women's cricket team created a massive world record during the first day of play in the one-off Test match between the Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit and the South African women's cricket team at the MA Chidamabram Stadium in Chennai on Friday (June 28).

After winning the toss and batting first, India finished the day's play with a massive score of 525/4 on the board. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana posted a world record opening partnership of 292 runs. Shafali became the second Indian after Mithali Raj to score a women's double ton with a knock of 205 runs in 197 balls, while Mandhana made 149 runs in 161 balls.

Shafali created history by scoring the fastest ton and double ton in women's test cricket history. Later, Jemimah Rodrigues scored a half-century, while Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh are unbeaten at 44 and 42 at stumps.

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Indian Women's Cricket Team Create World Record

The Indian women's cricket team broke the Sri Lanka men's massive world record for the most runs scored by any team in a single day of a test match. Sri Lanka had made a total of 509 runs and lost nine wickets on day 2 of a Test match against Bangladesh in 2002 at Colombo. The only other instance of a team scoring 500 runs in a single day of play was Ben Stokes-led England making 506/4 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2022.

This is also the first instance of 500 runs being scored in a single day of a women's test match. The previous record was 475 in a New Zealand-England test in 1935 in Christchurch, in which New Zealand made 44 runs and England made 431. The only other instance apart from these two of a team making more than 400 runs in a single day of play in a women's test was when India made 410 runs against England in Navi Mumbai last year.