India Women registered its second-biggest WODI win in terms of runs, with a 211-run win in the first match against West Indies at the Vadodara International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday.
After being put to bat, India posted 314/9 at the end of 50 overs, its second-highest WODI total at home. Opener Smriti Mandhana was the highest run-getter for the host, smashing a 102-ball 91.
AS IT HAPPENED: IND-W vs WI-W 1st ODI
In reply, West Indies was bundled out for 103, thanks to a five-wicket haul from Renuka Thakur. Titas Sadhu and Deepti Sharma picked one wicket each while Priya Mishra got two.
The biggest win for India in WODIs came in 2017, when it beat New Zealand by a whopping 249 runs.
India had two fifty-run partnerships and a first-wicket 110-run stand between Smriti and debutant Pratika Rawal. Zaida James shone with the ball for West Indies, picking five wickets.
India Women biggest win margins in terms of runs in WODIs
1. 249 runs vs Ireland Women in Potchefstroom, 2023
2. 211 runs vs West Indies Women in Vadodara, 2024
3. 207 runs vs Pakistan Women in Dambulla, 2008
4. 193 runs vs Pakistan Women in Karachi, 2005
