India set a new team record for their highest-ever total in ODI cricket, racking up 370-5 against Ireland in the second ODI on Sunday (January 12).
India skipper Smriti Mandhana won the toss at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot, naming an unchanged XI from the first ODI, which the hosts won by six wickets.
Mandhana and fellow opener Pratika Rawal set the tone from the start, racing to 50-0 in 7.2 overs and 75-0 by the end of the first ten overs. Both players crossed their individual fifties before the 20th over, before Mandhana was the first to fall for 73 off 54 balls. When she was dismissed, the score read 156-1 in 19 overs – ominous signs for Ireland.
But the very next ball, Rawal was trapped lbw by Georgina Dempsey. That put the brakes on India's scoring for a while, as Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues came together to consolidate the innings. They took the score past 200 in 30 overs, but thereafter stepped on the gas.
The next 50 runs came in just 5.4 overs, and Deol and Rodrigues took India past 300 in the 44th over. By the time Deol was out for 89, the score read 339-3 in 47.1 overs. Rodrigues went on to score a century – her first 50 coming in 62 balls and the second in just 28 – before she was bowled by Arlene Kelly in the final over with the score at 368.
India's total of 370-5 marked a new team record, overtaking their 358-2 against the same opposition in Potchefstroom in May 2017.
Highest totals in women's ODIs: India set new team record
New Zealand remain the holders of each of the top four highest scores in women's ODIs, three of which have come against Ireland. The only side apart from the White Ferns to score over 400 in a women's ODI is Australia, who did so against Denmark in December 1997 courtesy of Belinda Clark's double century.
| Team | Score | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| New Zealand | 491-4 | Ireland | Dublin | 8 Jun 2018 |
| New Zealand | 455-5 | Pakistan | Christchurch | 29 Jan 1997 |
| New Zealand | 440-3 | Ireland | Dublin | 13 Jun 2018 |
| New Zealand | 418 | Ireland | Dublin | 10 Jun 2018 |
| Australia | 412-3 | Denmark | Mumbai | 16 Dec 1997 |
| Australia | 397-4 | Pakistan | Melbourne | 7 Feb 1997 |
| England | 378-5 | Pakistan | Worcester | 22 Jun 2016 |
| England | 377-7 | Pakistan | Leicester | 27 Jun 2017 |
| England | 376-2 | Pakistan | Vijayawada | 12 Dec 1997 |
| Netherlands | 375-5 | Japan | Schiedam | 23 Jul 2003 |
| New Zealand | 373-7 | Pakistan | Sydney | 19 Mar 2009 |
| England | 373-5 | South Africa | Bristol | 5 Jul 2017 |
| England | 371-7 | South Africa | Leicester | 18 Jul 2022 |
| Australia | 371-8 | India | Brisbane | 8 Dec 2024 |
| India | 370-5 | Ireland | Rajkot | 12 Jan 2025 |
| West Indies | 368-8 | Sri | Mumbai | 3 Feb 2013 |
| England | 366-4 | Pakistan | Taunton | 27 Jun 2016 |
| New Zealand | 365-4 | Pakistan | Queenstown | 12 Dec 2023 |
| India | 358-2 | Ireland | Potchefstroom | 15 May 2017 |
| India | 358-5 | West Indies | Vadodara | 24 Dec 2024 |
Indian top four set rare record against Ireland
In this innings, the scores of India's top four read 73, 67, 89 and 102 – marking just the second time in India's women's ODI history and the seventh time overall that each of the top four has scored fifty or more.
India were the first team to achieve this, back in 2004 when Anju Jain (67), Jaya Sharma (97), Anjum Chopra (55*) and Mithali Raj (56*) did so against West Indies in Dhanbad.
Instances of each of the top four scoring fifty-plus in a women's ODI
| Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| India | West Indies | Dhanbad | 26 Feb 2004 |
| South Africa | India | Lucknow | 14 Mar 2021 |
| England | South Africa | Bristol | 15 Jul 2022 |
| England | South Africa | Leicester | 18 Jul 2022 |
| New Zealand | Pakistan | Queenstown | 12 Dec 2023 |
| Australia | India | Brisbane | 8 Dec 2024 |
| India | Ireland | Rajkot | 12 Jan 2025 |
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