India 435 for 5 (Rawal 154, Mandhana 135, Ghosh 59, Prendergast 2-71) beat Ireland 131 (Forbes 41, Prendergast 36, Deepti 3-27, Kanwar 2-31) by 304 runs
On a record-shattering day in Rajkot, India registered their biggest win in ODI cricket. They beat Ireland by 304 runs in the third and final match of the series, thus completing the whitewash. Their previous biggest win was also against Ireland, in 2017, when they had beaten them by 249 runs in Potchefstroom.
Batting first, India piled up 435 for 5, their highest ODI total, going past the 370 for 5 they made in the previous game. Overall, this was the fourth-highest total in women’s ODIs.
The Indian women’s national cricket team will be looking to complete a comprehensive victory when they face the Ireland women’s national cricket team in the third and final ODI of the series. Smriti Mandhana and the team have dominated both the IND-W vs. IRE-W ODIs so far and will be looking to continue that form and finish the series 3-0. In the IND-W vs. IRE-W 2nd ODI in 2025, the Indian women’s national cricket team posted their highest total in ODI cricket by scoring a mammoth 370/5. With a maiden ODI century from Jemimah Rodrigues and half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana (73), Pratikha Rawal (67), and Harleen Deol (89).
On the other hand, Ireland will gain confidence from their improved batting effort in the 2025 IND-W vs. IRE-W second ODI. Although they lost by 116 runs short of the target, Ireland was able to bowl their 50 overs, largely due to Christina Coulter-Reilly’s 80-run knock. Sarah Forbes (38), Laura Delaney (37), and Leah Paul (27) also contributed. They will be hoping to surprise India with a strong performance, especially with the bat, and hope to end the tournament on a high.
Scorecard
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Dempsey b Sargent | 154 | 129 | 184 | 20 | 1 | 119.37 | |||
| c Canning b Prendergast | 135 | 80 | 110 | 12 | 7 | 168.75 | |||
| b Kelly | 59 | 42 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 140.47 | |||
| c Delany b Prendergast | 28 | 25 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 112.00 | |||
| c Prendergast b Dempsey | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 150.00 | |||
| not out | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| not out | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 137.50 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 7, w 15) | 29 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 8.70) | 435/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-233 (Smriti Mandhana, 26.4 ov), 2-337 (Richa Ghosh, 38.4 ov), 3-387 (Pratika Rawal, 43.6 ov), 4-415 (Harleen Deol, 47.1 ov), 5-419 (Tejal Hasabnis, 48.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 8.87 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 8.00 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 9.42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 8.50 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 6.50 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 9.83 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| run out (Sharma/†Ghosh) | 41 | 44 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 93.18 | |||
| lbw b Sadhu | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| b Satghare | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Kanwar | 36 | 43 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 83.72 | |||
| b Sharma | 10 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c & b Sharma | 15 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| c Satghare b Kanwar | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| b Mani | 2 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9.52 | |||
| run out (Kanwar/†Ghosh) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |||
| c Mani b Sharma | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, w 13) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | 31.4 Ov (RR: 4.13) | 131 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Gaby Lewis, 2.3 ov), 2-24 (Christina Coulter Reilly, 3.5 ov), 3-88 (Orla Prendergast, 14.6 ov), 4-100 (Sarah Forbes, 17.3 ov), 5-115 (Laura Delany, 22.3 ov), 6-122 (Leah Paul, 24.3 ov), 7-122 (Arlene Kelly, 25.3 ov), 8-122 (Georgina Dempsey, 26.6 ov), 9-128 (Ava Canning, 30.2 ov), 10-131 (Freya Sargent, 31.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3.44 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8.4 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 3.11 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 3.66 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
