Smriti Mandhana holds the record for being the highest scorer for India on Women's World Cup debut as she smashed 90 against England in the 2017 ODI World Cup.
Smriti Mandhana 90 Smriti Mandhana had already made a name for herself even before India met England in their first match of the 2017 ODI World Cup at the county ground in Derby.
Mandhana served a reminder that her reputation was not without substance as she scored 90 off 72 deliveries while opening the batting with Punam Raut as the two were involved in a 144 run opening partnership.
Mandhana had a decent run in the competition and went on to score 232 runs from 9 matches.
Anju Jain 84 not out Former Indian player Anju Jain scored an unbeaten 84 against West Indies in 1993 on her women's World Cup debut.
Mithali Raj 69 not out Veteran Mithali Raj who has now represented India in international cricket for over two decades first made an appearance in a world cup against South Africa in 2000 and scored an unbeaten 69.
Pooja Vastrakar 67 India were going downhill quite quickly when they found themselves at 114/6 in their first match of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2022 with all big names like Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Mithali Raj back in the hut.
It was then that Pooja Vastrakar, batting at number 8, smoked 67 off just 59 deliveries to register the fourth highest score by an Indian player on women's World Cup debut.
"When I walked in, Charu di (Rana) was set and she told me that only the two of us were left to make amends, so we must play out the full 50 overs," said Player of the Match Vastrakar after the win. "I had a feeling from within that we must try to set 180-200 as a target, so we started playing with that goal in mind. But we were aware that if we could get ourselves set, we could score more. Given we had very few wickets in hand, we decided we would deal in only doubles and singles till the 45th-over mark, and we'd go for the charge only in the last five overs."
Sneh Rana 53 not out Pooja Vastrakar's partner in crime during their 122 run partnership for the seventh wicket was Sneh Rana who remained unbeaten on 53 and ensured that India reached a respectable total of 244.
