Yastika Bhatia created history, became the first woman Test century at Lord’s
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Yastika Bhatia Century Lord’s Test: India’s Yastika Bhatia created history by scoring a brilliant century in the Lord’s Test against England. She became the first female cricketer in the world to score a Test century on this ground. This 25 year old Indian batsman achieved this feat at the beginning of the second session of the third day’s play, when she completed the first century of her international career by taking a single.
Yastika Bhatia played an inning of 113 runs at Lord’s.
New Delhi. Whenever Lord’s name is mentioned in the history of women’s Test cricket, Indian batsman Yastika Bhatia will also be remembered. 25-year-old Yastika has become the first female cricketer to score a Test century on this historic ground. The wicketkeeper-batsman achieved this feat by playing a brilliant innings of 113 runs in the ongoing one-off Test against England. Interestingly, this is also the first century of his international career. Yastika has debuted for India in all three formats. Thanks to his memorable innings, India has taken a strong hold on the match.
Yastika becomes the first woman test centurion at Lord’s
This first women’s Test match is being played at Lord’s, which is counted among the most prestigious grounds of cricket. In such a situation, Yastika Bhatia made this historic match even more special. He scored 113 runs in 158 balls in the second innings, in which with the help of 14 fours, he maintained constant pressure on the England bowlers. This century was not only a memorable moment in her career, but also became a new chapter in the history of women’s Test cricket.
Yastika Bhatia scored a century at Lord’s.
Made a special record for India also
Yastika Bhatia has also become the first Indian woman batsman to score a century in the third or fourth innings of a Test match. Not only this, during this time he also made the record of playing the biggest innings for India in this phase. Earlier this record was in the name of Sandhya Agarwal, who had scored 98 runs in the fourth innings of Lucknow Test against New Zealand in 1985. At the same time, in 1984, he played an inning of 83 runs against Australia.
Joined Sourav Ganguly’s special club
Yastika Bhatia has become the second left-handed Indian batsman to score a Test century at Lord’s. Before him, this feat was achieved only by former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who played a historic inning of 131 runs on his Test debut in 1996. Yastika’s name has now been included among the select Indian batsmen at Lord’s, who made their mark by scoring a century on this prestigious ground and registered their name on the Honor Board of Lord’s.
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