STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Follow UsThe one-off Test match between India and South Africa women has begun on an excellent note for Team India. Having won the toss and decided to bat first, openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma batted almost two sessions together and scored 292 runs for the first wicket.
After Mandhana departed, Shafali continued along her merry way, bringing up a double century in just 194 deliveries. Jemimah Rodrigues (55), Harmanpreet Kaur (42*), and Richa Ghosh (43*) ensured that India ended at a humungous Day 1 total of 525/4. The Proteas women face an uphill task ahead of them.
On a day when runs were scored for fun, naturally, many records were shattered. Here are all the key stats highlights from the incredible day of Test cricket at Chepauk in Chennai.
> The 525 runs scored by India on Day 1 of the Test is the highest total achieved by any Test-playing team (men or women).
The second highest is 509/9, scored by the Sri Lankan men’s team in Colombo, 2002.
> Shafali hit the most number of sixes in a W-Test innings.
> Shafali also scored the fastest double hundred by any woman in history
Fastest double century in W-Tests (by balls faced)
194 Shafali Verma vs SA, Chennai 2024
248 Annabel Sutherland vs SA, Perth 2024
306 Karen Rolton vs ENG, Leeds 2001
317 Tammy Beaumont vs AUS, Nottingham 2023
343 Micehlle Goszko vs ENG, Shenley 2001
371 Ellyse Perry vs ENG, North Sydney 2017
> Apart from 525/4 being the highest total India has achieved in Test cricket, this is also the first time they scored 500 in Test cricket.
Highest total achieved by India in W-Tests
525/4* vs SA at Chennai, 2024
467 vs ENG at Taunton, 2002
428 vs ENG at Mumbai, 2023
426/9d vs ENG at Blackpool, 1986
406 vs AUS at Mumbai, 2023
> Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma now have the highest-ever opening partnership in Women’s Test
> They also have the most runs for a batting pair in Women’s Tests.
Batting pairs with the most runs in W-Tests
Smriti Mandhana - Shafali Verma (India): Inns 9, Runs 831
Sandhya Agarwal - Gargi Banerjee (India): Inns 18, Runs 657
Sandhya Agarwal - Sudha Shah (India): Inns 14, Runs 573
Carole Hodges - Janette Brittin (England): Inns 6, Runs 489
Belinda Clark - Belinda Haggett (Australia): Inns 5, Runs 486
> Shafali Verma became the first woman to score 200 or more in a single day's play in Test cricket.
Previously, England's Betty Snowball scored 189 in Christchurch in 1935.
> Shafali also became the first Indian opener and second Indian overall after Mithali Raj to score a double hundred in a Test.
Highest scorers for India in a W-Tests
Mithali Raj 214 vs England, Taunton 2002
Shafali Verma 205 vs South Africa, Chennai 2024
MD Thirush Kamini 192 vs South Africa, Mysore 2014
Sandhya Agarwal 190 vs England, Worcester 1986
Smriti Mandhana 149 vs South Africa, Chennai 2024
> Shafali also became the second youngest batter to score a double hundred in Test cricket
Youngest batter to score a double century In W-Tests
Mithali Raj (IND) 19y 254d vs ENG, Taunton, 2002
Shafali Verma (IND) 20y 152d vs SA, Chennai, 2024
Annabel Sutherland (AUS) 22y 126d vs SA, Perth, 2024
Michelle Goszko (AUS) 23y 260d vs ENG, Shenley, 2001
Kiran Baluch (PAK) 26y 21d vs WI, Karachi, 2004
> You just can’t stop Smriti Mandhana!
That’s 492 runs in 4 inns at an average of 123.
> Mandhana now has the most number of international hundreds for an Indian woman - 9
She has 2 centuries in Test cricket and 7 in ODIs.
Mithali Raj has 8 centuries overall (7 ODIs, 1 Tests)
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