Record Making Series

The laundry list of the records broken during the quadrangular series between India, South Africa, Ireland and Zimbabwe started on May 4,2017 and ended with India Lifting the trophy on May 21,2017 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Captians with the Trophy

1.     16 successive victories for India between Feb 16 and May 17 equalling the 2^nd longest winning streak in women’s ODIs. In this period, opener Deepti Sharma has won Player of the Match in 5 occassions.

2.     188 Deepti’s Score against Ireland is the highest individual score by an Indian and 2^nd highest after Australia’s Belinda Clark’s 229 against Denmark. Deepti has also become 10^th youngest centurion to claim the spot on highest individual scores in ODI.

3.      6 consecutive Half Centuries for Mithali Raj. Mithali equalled the record for the most back-to-back 50’s by Australia’s Ellyse Perry& Lindsay Reeler and England’s Edwards.

4.     27 fours by Deepti Sharma in a Single innings is a World Record suppressing New Zealand’s Rachel Priest(23 fours).

5.     320 runs put on by Deepti Sharma and Punam Raut in partnership against Ireland. It was the highest in women’s ODIs For any wicket and only the 2^nd 300 run stand across formats.

6.     13 YEARS 360 DAYS is the age of YOUNGEST PLAYER (IN MALE&FEMALE). LOUISE LITTLE from IRELAND.

7.     50 fifty plus scores for Mithali Raj in ODIs in 157 innings. She became only 2^nd woman after Edwards who achieved in 160 innings.

8.     100 ODIs as captain –Mithali Raj has become only the 3^rd player to do it after Edwards-117 and Clark-101

9.     249 India’s largest margin of victory, in terms of runs, in ODIs, registered on May15 against Ireland. Previous best was 207-run victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup in 2008.

10.                          53catches by Jhulan Goswami- the most by non-wicketkeeper in Women’s ODIs. She moved past Edwards and Lydia Greenway’s tally in the final on Sunday, 21 May 2017.

11.                         89 catches for South Africa’s Trisha Chetty, equalling the record for a wicketkeeper in 88 innings in Women’s ODIs. Trisha drew level with former New Zealand Wicketkeeper Rebecca Rolls who has done it in 101 innings.

12.                         358 India’s highest total and 10^th highest in women’s ODIs. India became the 6^th team to reach 350+ mark.

WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY

Indian women cricket team and its team members have created history in the field.

Today i.e. 15^th may 2017; 19 year old Deepti Sharma and 27 year old Poonam Raut have created HIGHEST OPENING PARTNERSHIP ever in WOMEN’S CRICKET by scoring 320 runs off 273 balls against Ireland in Potchefstroom, South Africa. In the ongoing quadrangle DEEPTI  SHARMA has got her PERSONAL HIGHEST score of 188 runs off 160 balls and moved to 2^nd spot on highest individual score after Australian player Belinda Clarke in 1997 with 229* against Denmark and in 3^rd position West Indian player Stefanie Taylor with 171 against Sri Lanka in 2013.

Even Jhulan Goswami, the fast bowler of the Indian Team has the most career wickets with 181 having 21.76 average; personal best is 6 wickets for 31 and 2 5wicket hauls in the same quadrangle series.

Below are pics of Deepti Sharma with R.Ashwin and Poonam Raut(single).

CHILE "CHAMPION"SHIP

Soumyajit Ghosh became 3^rd Indian Table Tennis to win 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open Champion and clinched gold and he also joined the earlier list.Achanta Sharath Kamal, who won gold in 2010 Egypt Open Championship overcoming Hong Kong’s Li Ching and Sathiyan Gnanashekaran in 2016 Belgian open defeating host nation’s player Cedric Nuythinck.

Soumyajit Ghosh defeated compatriot Anthony Amalraj 4-2 (8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7). By reaching the finals Anthony Amalraj became 4^th Indian to reach finals in such type of Championships and Tours.

Soumyajit Ghosh also won gold in doubles along with Anthony Amalraj and became the 1^st Indians to win doubles title either on World Tour or Challenge Series defeating Phillipp Floritz and Hunor Szcos to 3-1 (13-11,10-12, 14-12, 11-9).

With this tournament Table Tennis has reached another level in India and young people are looking and these young players along with Mouma Das, Manika Batra and taking them as inspiration to take the game into and make the nation shine. I hope in coming decade Indian Table Tennis goes into glory and pride shinning the name of the country, INIDA.