An impressive all-round show led the Indian women's cricket team to a dominant 115-run win over West Indies in the second ODI game in Vadodara on Tuesday, December 24. Harleen Deol registered her maiden international century to help India post their biggest-ever ODI total of 358 and then Priya Mishra picked 3 wickets to bowl out the Caribbean side to 243 and seal the three-match series.
After recording their biggest-ever ODI win against West Indies in the last match, the hosts continued their dominant run on Tuesday. The young all-rounder Pratika Rawal, who made her debut last week, scored 76 runs and also took two big wickets to announce her arrival at the international level.
In-form batters Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues also registered fifties each to contribute to India's biggest-ever ODI total against a full-time member nation. For the West Indies, captain Hayley Matthews fought back with a century of her own but lacked support from her teammates.
After winning the toss, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian side elected to bat first and named an unchanged playing eleven while West Indies handed an ODI debut to Nerissa Crafton. Mandhana and Rawal gave India another big start by adding 110 runs for the opening wicket.
West Indies bowlers struggled to make a comeback throughout the innings as Indian batters proved their dominance at Vadodara's flat wicket. Harmanpreet Kaur struggled to impress but the rest of India's top-five batters managed to reach the 50-plus mark today. Richa Ghosh finished India's innings with two back-to-back fours that helped them equal their previous ODI innings total record of 358 runs.
India vs West Indies Women 2nd ODI Scorecard
India Women Playing XI: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Saima Thakor, Titas Sadhu, Renuka Thakur Singh, Priya Mishra.
West Indies Women Playing XI: Hayley Matthews (c), Qiana Joseph, Rashada Williams, Deandra Dottin, Nerissa Crafton, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Aaliyah Alleyne, Zaida James, Karishma Ramharack, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher.
