The ongoing edition is the 19th edition of the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy, since its inception in the year 2006-07. Over the years, the tournament has produced impressive talents from the grassroots. As the standards and the competitiveness of the tournament continues to increase with each passing year, the recent past has seen many records created or rewritten.
The 18-year-old young prodigy Neelam Bhardwaj representing Uttarakhand in the ongoing edition of the tournament scripted her name into the history books. She became the youngest woman to score a double century at the list A level. Uttarakhand led by skipper Ekta Bisht was up against Nagaland led by skipper Limatola in the 65th match of the tournament.
Uttarakhand surmounted a humongous total of 371/2 in their quota of 50 overs after skipper Ekta Bisht won the toss and opted to bat first. The 18-year-old youngster Neelam Bhardwaj stepped in at number 3 and smashed a swashbuckling double century, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Multiple records tumbled en route to her knock (202 off 137 balls), and she single-handedly contributed for over 50% (54% to be precise) of the team’s mountainous total.
She becomes only the 2nd Indian woman to score a double century in List A cricket after Shweta Sehrawat. Her tally of runs included 27 boundaries and a couple of maximums. She has also now registered the 2nd highest Individual score in the Senior Women’s One Day Trophy. Shweta Sehrawat tops the list with 242* (150 balls) earlier this year while representing Delhi.
Uttarakhand eventually sealed a dominant victory by a mammoth 259-run margin. Neelam Bharadwaj was one of the obvious candidates to claim the Player of the Match award for her mind-boggling performance.
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