Navi Mumbai, Oct 23
Young Indian opener Pratika Rawal made history on Thursday, equaling the World Record for being the fastest to score 1000 runs in Women's ODI cricket, reaching the mark during Match 24 of the Women's World Cup against New Zealand at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
Pratika reached the four-figure mark with a boundary off New Zealand medium pacer Lea Tahuhu in the 11th over, standing up on her toes and hammering it over mid-wicket.
This made her the fastest Indian woman batter to reach 1000 runs in ODIS, improving on the mark held by Deepti Sharma, who achieved the feat in 29 innings.
Richa Ghosh is the fastest Indian and third fastest in the World to reach the 1000-run mark in the 50-over game in terms of balls, achieving the feat in 1010 balls, following behind Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner (917) and England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt (943).