Pratika Rawal is poised to set a new ODI record, surpassing legends like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. The star batswoman for the Indian women’s squad, who has had a fantastic start to her ODI career, has five straight fifties and might reach six in the fourth game of the Women’s Tri-Series, which also includes South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Rawal had five consecutive fifties in ODIs, much like Dravid and Tendulkar. In the forthcoming match on May 4 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, she might defeat the legendary pair by hitting a fifty against Sri Lanka. If they defeat the host team in the next round, India, who are presently leading the points table, will go to the final.
Javed Miandad owns the record for men’s cricket with a total of nine consecutive fifty-plus scores in 1987, while Mithali Raj holds the record for women’s cricket with seven consecutive fifty-plus scores. Raj may be surpassed by Rawal in the rankings of the best ODI hitters.
Numbers for Pratika Rawal in ODIs
The ODI career of Rawal has gotten off to a fantastic start. With 572 runs at an incredible average of 81.71 and a respectable strike rate of 92.70, the rising star batswoman has amassed more than 150 runs. The youthful batter has performed well throughout the current series.
The Indian women won the series by nine wickets thanks to the right-handed batter’s 50*(62) on a challenging surface in the opening game against the hosts. The Indian opener helped her team reach 276 runs on the board by scoring 78 runs in 91 balls against the South African women.
Rawal has scored 128 runs at an average of 128 in two innings in the two series games thus far. Earlier this year, Pratika scored 89, 67, and 154 in the series against Ireland. She scored 50 against Sri Lanka and 78 against South Africa.