- Pratika Rawal's brilliant century against Zimbabwe
- He hit his third career century
- India's resounding win against Zimbabwe
IND Vs ZIM/Pratika Rawal: India Women's Cricket Team and Zimbabwe The first match of the three ODI series between the women's cricket team was played yesterday. The match was played at the Vadodara International Stadium in Kotambi. India has won the T20 series. After that, the Indian team has made a winning start in the ODI series as well. In this match Pratika RawalHas made many records by scoring centuries.
Zimbabwe captain Nomwelo Sibanda won the toss and elected to bat first. But the Indian bowlers made this decision wrong. India bowled out Zimbabwe for just 197 runs. India easily achieved this target. Pratika Rawal scored a brilliant century. Completing the third century of her career, she also set many records.
In the first ODI match, the Indian team's opener Pratika Rawal scored a brilliant century to win the team India. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored just 197 runs and set India a target of 198 runs. Opener Pratika Rawal's blistering century and second opener Shefali Verma's half-century saw India complete this challenge with 9 wickets remaining.
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Great performance by Pratika Rawal
Pratika Rawal completed her third century of her career. She remained not out in this match. Pratika Rawal has recorded a very special record to her name. Star batsman and captain Smriti Mandhana holds the record for the most centuries in women's cricket by opening ODIs for India. She has scored a total of 14 centuries so far. Pratika Rawal has scored the third ODI century of her career. Pratika Rawal became only the second Indian woman player after Smriti Mandhan to score 3 or more centuries as an opener in ODI International cricket.
Zimbabwe fail again
In the first ODI against India, the Zimbabwean team failed to put up a big score. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 197 runs in 49.5 overs. The Indian bowlers kept the pressure on the Zimbabwean batsmen from the start. Bilved Biza batted brilliantly and scored 62 runs off 92 balls.
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