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Rawal century and Charani four-for lead India to comfortable win
Rawal scored a century as India secured a comfortable cricket win.
Shree Charani took four wickets, a performance known as a four-for.
Shafali Verma and Kranti Gaud also made useful contributions.
A century means a batter scored at least 100 runs.
A four-for means a bowler took four wickets.
The performances helped India win comfortably, though the available details do not name the opponent or say what comes next.
India beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the opening match of their three-ODI series in Vadodara.
Shree Charani took 4/23 as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 197 in 49.5 overs.
Pratika Rawal scored an unbeaten 100, her third ODI century, as India reached 200/1 in 27.1 overs.
Shafali Verma made an unbeaten 64 off 33 balls to help complete the chase.
India took a 1-0 lead in the series.
- Who
- India Women and Zimbabwe Women.
- What
- India won the opening ODI by nine wickets.
- When
- Friday, 23 October 2026.
- Where
- Vadodara, India.
- Why
- India chased Zimbabwe's total of 197 to win the match and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
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Zimbabwe were bowled out for 197 in 49.5 overs.
India began their chase and made 94 runs for the opening wicket before Smriti Mandhana was dismissed for 32.
Pratika Rawal and Shafali Verma added an unbeaten 106-run partnership for the second wicket.
India reached 200/1 in 27.1 overs to win by nine wickets.
- Result
- India won by nine wickets
- Series
- India led the three-match series 1-0
- Zimbabwe total
- 197 in 49.5 overs
- Shree Charani's figures
- 4/23 in 10 overs
- Pratika Rawal's score
- 100 not out off 96 balls
- Shafali Verma's score
- 64 not out off 33 balls
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What people are saying
It was a happy day today. Good to be back in the room, always good to score runs and contribute to a team's victory by batting as long as I can,
First thing is to accept that injuries and breaks are part of the game, so no use stressing over it. I do have a good support system,
Coming into a different ground, the bowlers adapted well. Shree Charani was the standout, but the pacers too — Kranti, to mention one among all bowlers,
We are playing 50 overs after a very long time, so the period between overs 20-35 we could've had more intensity on the field. We'll work on that,