Against Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup semi-final at the County Ground in Derby on this day in 2017, Harmanpreet Kaur scored an undefeated 171 runs, making history. She broke the record for the most runs scored in an innings by an Indian player in Women’s ODI World Cups with this amazing knock.
Her amazing World Cup record has not yet been broken by another Indian player. In addition, Kaur’s World Cup performance against Australia features her greatest ODI score. In the course of her lengthy 14-year ODI career, Harmanpreet Kaur has delivered many outstanding batsmanship. Time to relive some of her most memorable ODI strikes from her career on this particular day.
Here are the three best ODI knocks of Harmanpreet Kaur
1. Unbeaten 107 vs England in the 2013 Women’s World Cup
India has the opportunity to host the Women’s World Cup in 2013, and Indian team supporters anticipated that the Women in Blue would win the championship for the first time. But Team India’s campaign ended up being a forgettable one because they lost to England and Sri Lanka in the group round and were eliminated.
India played England in their second game at the Brabourne Stadium after winning the first game of the tournament by a score of 105 runs over the West Indies. When India’s current captain, Mithali Raj, won the toss, she chose to bowl first. England was led by Charlotte Edwards, who scored a 109-run knock off 123 deliveries to help her team total 272 runs in their 50 overs.
India lost their top-order hitters with a score of 29 within the first eight overs while chasing the total. After that, Karuna Jain, the wicketkeeper batter, and Harmanpreet Kaur shared the spotlight while putting up a 106-run partnership. Harmanpreet held the one end after Karuna left on 56, but she didn’t receive enough support from the other side. India ultimately lost the game by 32 runs, but Harmanpreet attracted a lot of attention for her spirited 107 in the losing effort.
2. Unbeaten 143 vs England in 2022
For three T20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals (ODI), India toured England in 2022. India won the ODI series in England for the first time in 23 years after the T20I series setback, when they defeated England. India defeated the hosts in the second ODI to clinch the series after the first match was won easily by seven wickets.
England’s captain Amy Jones won the toss and chose to ask India to start the batting order. With Shafali Verma’s wicket at eight, Kate Cross gave her team an early advantage, but Smriti Mandhana and Yastika Bhatia played steady strokes of 40 (51) and 26 (34) to give India a superb start.
Harmanpreet reached the crease when Bhatia fell, and he immediately began to attack the English bowlers. India set the hosts a lofty mark of 334 after the veteran hit 143 off 111 and carried India’s magnificent innings. England’s batters lacked confidence and surrendered to 245, unable to chase down the massive score.
3. Unbeaten 171 vs Australia in the 2017 Women’s World Cup
After a lengthy 12-year absence, India finally made it to the World Cup final in the 2017 Women’s World Cup. However, despite their incredible effort, they were unable to realize their aim of winning the title, but they did provide many amazing moments for their devoted fans.
The “Women in Blue” played an aggressive style of cricket during the group stage and finished third on the points table. They competed against the reigning champions Australia in Derby in the semifinal. The former India captain Mithali Raj won the toss on a big day and chose to let her team bat first.
India had a terrible game as they lost both of their openers, Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut, very early on. Harmanpreet Kaur, on the other hand, mustered the confidence to destroy the perilous Australian bowling attack. The veteran single-handedly led India to a respectable total of 281 runs with a brilliant performance of unbroken 171 runs off just 115 deliveries. One of the most exciting and memorable matches in the history of the women’s World Cup was made possible by Harmanpreet’s outstanding batting, which inspired the Indian bowlers to take charge and dismiss the Australian innings of 245 in 40.1 overs.
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