Same league as Sehwag, Dhoni, Rohit: Twitter hails Harmanpreet Kaur's century against New Zealand in Women's WT20
Harmanpreet Kaur , Twitter: BCCI Women
Put in the first to bat, Harmanpreet Kaur unleashed a furious attack against New Zealand helping India to a total of 194/5 in 20 overs. Kaur hit 103, while Rodrigues hit 59 to help India reach the highest total ever in a Women’s World T20 Cup game.
Her innings included seven fours and eight huge sixes as India posted a record total in a women's World T20 match at Providence Stadium in Guayana. The previous highest was 191/4 in 2014 by Australia against Ireland in 2014.
Harmanpreet Kaur also became the first Indian woman to score a T-20 century, getting to her century in 49 balls. Her hitting was compared to the strokeplayers like Sehwag, Rohit Sharma and Dhoni.
Check out the tweets below:
Take a bow Harmanpreet Kaur! 103 in 51 balls! India women's 194-5 (20 of) is now the highest ever total in women's #WT20 Prev: 191-4 (20 overs) by Australia v Ireland at Sylhet 2014
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 9, 2018
Harmanpreet Kaur has to be among the top 5 Indian power strokeplayers to date. There haven't been that many. Sehwag, Kapil, Rohit, Dhoni...
— cricketingview (@cricketingview) November 9, 2018
Hitting right out of the top drawer. Can Harmanpreet Kaur get a century? Shots similar to the ones she played during 'that' knock in Derby last year. Joy to watch. #wwt20
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) November 9, 2018
Harmanpreet Kaur started with 5 runs off the first 13 balls she faced. She has hit 69 off the next 37 at a S/R of 186(!). And she is still batting. Incredible, electric stuff. #WWT20
— Tareque Laskar (@tarequelaskar) November 9, 2018
Harmanpreet Kaur.. well made century in just 49 balls... superr#IndWvsNZW
— Mihir (@koolmihir) November 9, 2018
Take a bow, Harmanpreet Kaur. What a sensational innings! #WT20 #INDWvNZW
— Shiamak Unwalla (@ShiamakUnwalla) November 9, 2018
Jemimah Rodrigues and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on for #India women in #WT20 India 116-3 (14 overs)#INDWvNZW
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) November 9, 2018
India won the toss opted to bat in the ICC Women's World T20 opener against New Zealand here Friday.
Teams:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Dayalan Hemalatha, Mithali Raj, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Arundhati Reddy New Zealand: Suzie Bates, Anna Peterson, Sophie Devine, Amy Satterthwaite(capt), Katey Martin, Maddy Green, Leigh Kasperek, Jess Watkin, Hayley Jensen, Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu.