Delhi: Indian women's cricket team performed brilliantly in the second ODI against Zimbabwe and registered a big victory. Batting first, India scored a huge score of 328 runs on the basis of century innings of former captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma. In response, the Zimbabwean team could not stand against the Indian bowlers and had to face a crushing defeat. With this victory, India also won the series.

Harmanpreet created history, left Mithali Raj behind

The start of the Indian innings was not good. Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma were out early, leaving India's score at 2 wickets for 19 runs. After this Harmanpreet and Pratika Rawal took the responsibility. There was a partnership of 124 runs between the two. Pratika scored 61 runs, while Harmanpreet continued to bat aggressively.

Harmanpreet played a brilliant inning of 126 runs. This was the eighth century of his ODI career. With this, she left behind former Indian captain Mithali Raj's record of seven centuries and became the batsman who scored the most centuries for India in women's ODI.

Deepti Sharma also created a stir with the bat

After Harmanpreet was out, Deepti Sharma took charge. He scored quickly and scored unbeaten 106 runs in 86 balls. Both the batsmen hit 15-15 fours in their innings. Due to his brilliant performance, India was successful in reaching a big score.

Bowlers dashed Zimbabwe's hopes

The Zimbabwean team, which set out to chase the target, was under pressure from the very beginning. Modest Mupachikwa and Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano gave some hope with a 69-run partnership, but the Indian bowlers soon took control of the match.

Vaishnavi Sharma destroyed Zimbabwe's batting by taking four wickets. Deepti Sharma also took three wickets. Zimbabwe's innings against Indian bowlers ended after scoring 207 runs in the 49th over. In this way, India won the match with a strong performance and captured the series.