New world record in ODI cricket, this player played an unbeaten inning of 179 runs.

Desk. The date of 1st April 2026 for ODI cricket has been recorded in the pages of history. What had never happened before, has happened this day. For the first time in women’s ODI cricket, a team has chased such a big score. That means a new record has been created. New Zealand women’s team has done this. Not only this, the team’s star batsman Amelia Kar batted tremendously. He scored a big century. The runs fell short, otherwise Amelia could have completed a double century.

The day series is being played between the women’s teams of New Zealand and South Africa. Its second match was played on 31 March. Batting first, the South African team scored 346 runs for six wickets in 50 overs. For South Africa, Anneke Bosch managed to score 91 runs on 90 balls in an explosive manner. Although she could not complete her century. South African captain Laura Wolvaardt also scored 69 runs on 74 balls. Chloe Tryon scored quickly in the last few overs. He scored 52 runs on 25 balls.

Now New Zealand had a target of 347 runs. This was a very big target. Never before in the history of women’s ODI cricket had such a huge target been achieved. Therefore, it seemed that the South African team would win, but New Zealand’s new captain Amelia Kar was thinking something else. New Zealand’s opening batsman Suzie Bates was out after scoring only eight runs. After this, Amelia came to bat at number three. Although Amelia did not get much support from the other end, she continued to hold one end and batted brilliantly.

Thanks to Amelia Karr’s batting, New Zealand won the match by scoring 350 runs in 49.4 overs. Amelia Kar batted brilliantly at 179 runs on 139 balls. He hit one six and 23 fours during this period. She did not get out till the end. Isabella Gage definitely supported Amelia for some time, whose bat scored 68 runs on 48 balls.

Earlier, if we talk about chasing the biggest target in women’s ODI, it was in the name of Indian women’s team. India won the match by scoring 341 runs for five wickets in reply to 338 runs scored by Australia during the ODI World Cup. However, now this record has gone to second place.