Smriti Mandhana scores most ODI runs in a year:Richa Ghosh scripts history while batting at number 8, scores first World Cup fifty; IND vs SA records

South Africa defeated India for the third consecutive time in the Women’s ODI World Cup, delivering a big blow to the home team. In Visakhapatnam on Thursday, Richa Ghosh scored 94 runs while batting at number 8, the best score at this position in tournament history. Smriti Mandhana became the first woman player to score the most ODI runs in a single year. Meanwhile, Team India lost 12 wickets against left-arm spinners in the third match of the tournament itself. IND vs SA Match Records… 1. Most ODI runs in a calendar year Smriti Mandhana has become the woman cricketer to score the most ODI runs in a single year (calendar year). She scored 972 runs this year by hitting a six on the first ball of the 8th over. She was out after scoring 23 runs. Mandhana surpassed Australia’s Belinda Clark’s 28-year-old record of 970 runs, which she had set in 1997. 2. Richa Ghosh’s first World Cup fifty Richa Ghosh is playing her second Women’s ODI World Cup and scored her first fifty in the tournament on Thursday night. Against South Africa, Richa played an innings of 94 runs off 77 balls. Before this, she had only scored 118 runs in 9 matches. 3. Richa mounts highest score at number 8 position in World Cup Richa came out to bat at number 8 and scored 94 runs. This was the highest score at number 8 or a lower position in the Women’s ODI World Cup. The second-best score at the number 8 position was also made in the same match. Nadine de Klerk from South Africa played a match-winning knock of 84 runs in just 54 balls and secured the second position in this record. 4. Highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper batter in World Cup Richa’s 94 runs were also the highest score by any Indian wicketkeeper batter in the ODI World Cup. Richa broke a 43-year-old record. In the 1982 World Cup, Fowzieh Khalili had played an innings of 88 runs. Overall, Richa reached the third position in this record. Australia’s Alyssa Healy has played an innings of 170 runs. 5. Richa-Sneh made a record 8th-wicket partnership Richa Ghosh also made an 88-run partnership with Sneh Rana for the 8th wicket. This was the best partnership for India for the 8th wicket or lower in the World Cup. Previously, in 2009, Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj had made a 59-run partnership against Sri Lanka. 6. India lost 12 wickets against left-arm spinners The India Women’s team gave 5 wickets to left-arm spinners against South Africa. Chloe Tryon took 3 wickets and Nonkululeko Mlaba took 2 wickets. In just the third match of the tournament, Team India has already lost 12 wickets against left-arm spinners. No other team besides India has lost so many wickets against left-arm spinners. 7. Sune Luus, the African with most catches South African batter Sune Luus took 2 catches against India. With this feat, she equalled the record for most catches for South Africa in Women’s ODIs. Luus now has 56 catches. Before her, Dane van Niekerk had also taken 56 catches. 8. India made the highest World Cup score after losing 6 wickets India Women had lost their 6 wickets for just 102 runs. From here, Amanjot Kaur scored 13, Sneh Rana scored 33, and Richa Ghosh scored 94 runs, taking the team to 251 runs. This means the last 5 players of the team together scored 149 runs. This was a record for the most runs scored in the Women’s ODI World Cup after losing 6 wickets. Before this, in the same tournament, Australia had scored 146 runs against Pakistan after losing 6 wickets.