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The final match between India and South Africa was played in Navi Mumbai. In this match, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana has missed out on making a historic record. Actually, to complete 1000 runs in Women’s ODI World Cup history, Mandhana had to score 52 runs. But in the final match against South Africa, she could score only 45 runs. Till now only 9 batsmen have been able to score one thousand or more runs in the history of ODI World Cup.
7 runs less
Before the start of the final match, Smriti Mandhana had scored 948 runs in ODI World Cup history. He needed 52 runs to join the 1000 run club. Along with Shefali Verma, she gave a strong start to Team India and made a century opening partnership of 104 runs.
Mandhana has now scored 993 runs in 25 matches in ODI World Cup history. Among these, he has three centuries and five half-centuries to his name. If she had scored 7 more runs, she would have become the third Indian batsman after Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur to complete 1000 runs in the World Cup. Mithali Raj had scored 1321 runs in the World Cup by playing 38 matches. On the other hand, the current Indian captain has scored more than 1100 runs in 35 matches.
The record for scoring the most runs in World Cup history is in the name of New Zealand’s D Hockley, who scored 1501 runs in 45 matches. India’s Mithali Raj is present after her in this list.
Indians who scored the most runs in the World Cup
Mithali Raj (1321 runs) is the highest run scorer for India in the Women’s ODI World Cup. After her is Harmanpreet Kaur (1100+) and Smriti Mandhana is at third place with 993 runs. After Mandhana, there is Anjum Chopra in this list, who had scored 619 runs in 26 matches.
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