India Women vs England Women, 2nd ODI: Harmanpreet Kaur Superb Ton Takes India To Record Total vs England

India posted a record total with the help of the Indian captain's fifth ODI century and Harleen Deol's maiden ODI fifty in the second ODI match of the series against England on Wednesday. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur (143 not out) led from the front and played an innings of a lifetime, helping India set a record chase for England. India ended their first innings on 333 for five, with the help of brilliant innings from Kaur, Harleen Deol and Mandhana.

After being invited to bat first by England, India lost opener Shafali Verma in the second over, as the batter once again failed to secure a big inning. The batter struck two boundaries in the first over and looked set for a big score but was clean bowled by Kate Cross.

Kate made an excellent start to her 50th ODI, dismissing Shafali in her first over for eight runs, leaving India at 12/1 in the second over of the match.

Yastika Bhatia made her way to the crease and stitched an important 54-run partnership with the in-form Smriti Mandhana to deny any wicket to the hosts till the 10th over, taking the score a healthy 60/1 at the 10-over mark. Both the batters kept the scoreboard ticking at a good rate, scoring boundaries regularly.

Mandhana in the process also completed 3000 ODI runs and became the fastest Indian woman to get there.

Charlotte Dean then dismissed Yastika Bhatia in the 12th over to give England a much-needed breakthrough, as the pair looked threatening to take the game away from the hosts.

Dean took a superb catch of her own bowling to dismiss Bhatia for a score of 26 from 34 deliveries and left India at 66/2 in the 12th over of the innings.

The wicket of Bhatia brought the Indian captain at the wicket. She was involved in a 33-run stand with Mandhana, before