Indian women's Team hit the highest score in a single day..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Indian women's Team hit the highest score in a single day..!?
The indian women's team and the South African women's team are playing a test match in Chennai, Chepauk. It started today at the stadium. Batting first, the indian team has achieved a feat on the first day of Test cricket which has never been achieved by any men's or women's team. In the first day's match, the indian women's team scored 525 runs for 4 wickets. The indian women's team has set the record for the highest score in a single day in the history of men's and women's Test cricket.
Shabali, the young indian player who broke a 40-year-old record, on the first day of the match, the indian team's opening pair of Shabali Verma and Smriti Mandana scored 292 runs for the first wicket. Together they set a world record. Shabali Verma scored a double century and was run out with 205 runs off 197 balls. Smriti Mandhana scored 149 runs off 161 balls. Jemima Rodriguez added 55 runs. Captain Harmanpreet with 42 runs and Richa Ghosh with 43 runs are in the field with the loss of 4 wickets. At the end of the first day's play, india scored 525 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.
With this, the indian women's team set the record for the highest Test score by the indian women's team and the record for the highest score scored in a single day in the entire Test cricket. With six wickets in hand, india Women will look to add more runs on the second day. It has a high chance of breaking the previous record of 575 runs scored in an innings in women's cricket. Shabali Verma scored the fastest century and the fastest double century in this match and set a new record in women's cricket. She also became the second indian player to score a double century in Test matches.

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