Lord’s ke maidan par India Women’s cricket team ne itihaas rach diya. Yastika Bhatia Lord’s par Test century banane wali pehli mahila cricketer ban gayi hain, aur unke is shandar pradarshan ki badaulat India ne England ke saamne 457 runs ka pahad jaisa target khada kar diya.
Bayen haath ki batter Yastika ne 158 balls mein 113 runs banaye, jismein 14 chauke shaamil the. Unke jaane ke baad Richa Ghosh ne gear badalte hue sirf 52 balls mein 50 runs ki attacking unbeaten pari kheli — yeh unka Test career ka teesra fifty tha.
India ne apni doosri pari 341/7 par declare ki, jismein Smriti Mandhana ne bhi 70 runs ka yogdan diya. England ki taraf se spin legend Sophie Ecclestone sabse safal bowler rahin, jinhone 33.3 overs mein 5 wickets liye.
England ki pehli innings sirf 170 runs par simat gayi thi, jiske baad India ne apni pahli innings 285 runs par declare ki thi. Ab England ke saamne char sessions mein 457 runs banane ki chunauti hai — jo cricket ki duniya mein ek naamumkin sa target mana ja raha hai.