IND W vs SL W: Pooja Vastrakar created history, sets world record while batting at number 8
IND W vs SL W: Pooja Vastrakar created history, sets world record while batting at number 8
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New Delhi: The Indian women's cricket team is playing the third and final match of the three-match ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka today. In this match, India has set a target of 256 runs to win against Sri Lanka. At one point, Team India lost their six wickets for 124 runs. However, after this, Pooja Vastrakar came in 8th place and played a half-century to take the team to a respectable score. Pooja has also set a world record with this inning. Pooja has become the female batsman with the most half-centuries at number eight or below.

The 22-year-old Pooja played an unbeaten knock of 56 off 65 balls against Sri Lanka on Thursday. During this time, he also hit three sixes. This is Pooja's second half-century while batting at number eight. Apart from this, she has also scored a fifty while batting at the ninth position. Pooja has now three half-centuries at the 8th position or the lower order number, which is a world record. Before Pooja, the record was held by New Zealand's Nicole Brown, who scored two half-centuries while batting at number eight.

Apart from Pooja, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played a brilliant inning of 75 runs. At the same time, Smriti Mandhana lost her wicket for 6 runs, while Shafali Verma scored 49 runs and Yastika Bhatia scored 30 runs. Pooja and Harmanpreet shared a 97-run stand. Pooja has played 2 Tests, 23 ODIs and 27 T20 Internationals for India so far. India leads the three-match ODI series 2-0 by winning two matches in a row.

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