Neelam Bhardwaj becomes youngest Indian woman to hit List-A double ton

Uttarakhand’s Neelam Bhardwaj became the youngest Indian woman to hit a double century in Women’s List A cricket on December 10 (Tuesday). The 18-year-old achieved this feat while batting for her team against Nagaland Women in the Women’s Senior One-Day Trophy 2024-25 match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

With her knock of 202 off 137 balls, Neelam joined Shweta Sehwarat as the only other Indian to achieve the feat in List-A cricket. Shweat had achieved this feat in January 2024 and incidentally against the same team Nagaland, while playing for Delhi in the 2023-24 edition of the tournament.

Double Delight ✌️

2⃣0⃣2⃣* runs
1⃣3⃣7⃣ balls
2⃣7⃣ fours
2⃣ sixes

Uttarakhand's Neelam Bhardwaj registered the second-highest individual score in Senior Women’s One Day Trophy against Nagaland at Ahmedabad 🔥

Watch 📽️ snippets of her innings 🔽#SWOneday | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/RhW6uOBHau

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 10, 2024

En route to her record-breaking innings, the right-handed batter hit 27 fours and two sixes. Courtesy of her knock, Uttarakhand posted 371/2 in their fifty overs. Nandini Kashyap and Kanchan Parihar also hit fifties for Uttarakhand. 

Apart from Shweta and Neelam, Mithali Raj (in Tests vs Ireland) and Smriti Mandhana (in U-19 domestic vs Gujarat) have hit double centuries in competitive cricket at U-19 or above level in India.

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