The Rana-Vastrakar record stand, and India's perfect record vs Pakistan
The pair registered a number of records during their 122-run partnership
Sampath Bandarupalli06-Mar-202211 – India have defeated Pakistan in all 11 Women’s ODIs they played. Only three teams have played more ODIs against an opponent with a 100% win record – 15 by Australia against Ireland, 12 by Australia versus Pakistan and 12 by India against Ireland.122 – Partnership runs between Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar, the highest stand for the seventh wicket or lower in Women’s ODIs. The previous highest was 104* by Nicola Brown and Sarah Tsukigawa against England in 2007, while Danielle Hazell and Nat Sciver also put on 104 against Sri Lanka in 2016.ESPNcricinfo Ltd1 – The Rana-Vastrakar partnership is also the first-century stand for the seventh wicket or lower at Women’s World Cups. The 85-run stand between Katherine Brunt and Jenny Gunn against Australia in 2017 was the previous highest.1 – Rana and Vastrakar also became the first pair to score fifties in the same innings in women’s ODIs while batting at No. 7 or lower. There is only one previous instance of two fifty-plus scores by a No. 7 and lower in the same ODI – Sophie Devine (74*) for New Zealand and Jess Duffin (68) for Australia in 2010 in Queenstown.0 – Number of players before Rana and Vastrakar to score fifty-plus runs while batting at No. 6 and below on Women’s World Cup debut. The previous highest for a World Cup debutant while batting outside the top five was 48 by Shandre Fritz against Ireland in 2005. In all, only three Indians had scored a fifty in their maiden Women’s World Cup match before Rana and Vastrakar.
1 – Vastrakar became the first player to score a fifty while batting at No. 8 and lower in the Women’s World Cup. Her 67 is also the second-highest score in ODIs at No. 8 or lower, only behind Lynsey Askew’s 68 against New Zealand in 2007.2 – Fifties for Vastrakar in ODIs, both while batting at No. 8 or lower. She is only the second batter with multiple fifty-plus scores while batting at No. 8 and lower in women’s ODIs. Nicola Browne scored two of her ten ODI fifties while batting at No .8. Vastrakar’s maiden fifty came against Australia in 2018, where she became the first batter to score a fifty while batting at No. 9 or lower in this format.2019 – The previous instance of India winning an women’s ODI while defending a total was in November 2019 against West Indies. Since then, India lost ten consecutive ODIs while batting first, until today.