Harmanpreet Kaur Runs As ODI Captain: Indian women's team defeated West Indies women's team in the first ODI match played in Vadodara and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, the Indian team scored a total of 314 runs. After this, the Windies team was all out for just 103 runs and could not even play the full 50 overs. India won by 211 runs, which is its second biggest win in women's ODI cricket. Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Harleen Deol and Renuka Singh performed brilliantly for India in the match and it was because of these players that the team was able to win. 

Harmanpreet Kaur did wonders

Smriti Mandhana and debutant Pratika Rawal (40 runs) shared a 110-run partnership for the first wicket. After this, Mandhana missed her century and scored a total of 91 runs. Harleen scored 44 runs. The three top-order batsmen had laid a good foundation for the Indian team's big score. After this, Harmanpreet scored 34 runs in just 23 balls, which included three fours and a six. With this, she has become the second Indian captain to complete a thousand runs in women's ODI cricket. Before her, Mithali Raj has scored a total of 5319 runs as captain in women's ODI cricket. 

So far he has captained in 26 ODIs

Harmanpreet Kaur has captained the Indian team in 26 matches so far, in which she has scored 1012 runs. During this time, she has scored a total of three centuries and five half-centuries. Her highest score as captain in women's ODI cricket has been 143 runs. 

Mandhana played a strong innings

Smriti Mandhana has been in excellent form for some time and in this match also she showed her batting prowess. She was out after scoring 91 runs. After Mandhana's brilliant innings, Harleen Deol (44 runs in 50 balls), Harmanpreet Kaur (34 runs in 23 balls), Richa Ghosh (26 runs in 12 balls) and Jemima Rodrigues (31 runs in 19 balls) scored runs quickly, due to which the Indian team crossed the 300-run mark. After the strong performance of the batsmen, Renuka Singh took five wickets. She has achieved a five-wicket haul for the first time in her ODI career.