Shefali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues in motion© PTI
India on Saturday registered the very best staff rating in ladies's Take a look at cricket on the second day of the one-off Take a look at towards South Africa, surpassing the earlier better of 575/9 made by Australia. Australia had made this rating in Perth in February this yr, however India created the brand new report when Richa Ghosh hit a boundary off the primary ball of the 109th over bowled by Annerie Derksen. The credit score for this achievement goes to the Indian openers – Shefali Verma (205) and Smriti Mandhana (149) – who shared an excellent partnership of 292 runs – the very best opening partnership in ladies's cricket.
Jemimah Rodrigues (55) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Yadav, who’re presently unbeaten after scoring half-centuries, additionally made vital contributions.
On the primary day, India made 525 for 4, their highest single-day rating in a Take a look at match, breaking the earlier report of the Sri Lankan males's staff – 509 for 9 towards Bangladesh in Colombo in 2002.
That is the primary time because the starting of girls's Take a look at cricket in 1934 {that a} staff has scored 575 runs in an innings.
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