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.