Amanjot Kaur Creates History, Breaks 37-Year-Old Record; Becomes First Player In The World To...

Amanjot Kaur created history by playing a key role in helping India win their opening game in the 2025 Women’s World Cup against Sri Lanka. The 25-year-old made a knock of 57 runs in just 45 balls as the Women in Blue went from 126-6 to 269-8.

Amanjot Kaur created history vs Sri Lanka
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Amanjot Kaur created history during India’s victory against Sri Lanka in their opening game of the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday (September 30) as the star all-rounder scored a vital knock of 57 in 56 balls while later taking a wicket with the ball in the Women in Blue’s massive victory.
The star all-rounder walked out to bat at number right after the hosts suffered a massive collapse. Sri Lanka took four wickets in the space of 11 balls, inspired by Inoka Ranaweera taking three wickets in one over as India went from 120-2 to 124-6. Amanjot joined Deepti Sharma in the middle, and the star duo put up a huge partnership of 103 runs to help the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side post a massive total of 269 on the board.

Amanjot Kaur Breaks 37-Year-Old World Record

Amanjot Kaur created history with her knock with the bat. She became only the second player in the Women’s World Cup’s history to walk out at number eight or below and score a half-century. Interestingly, the only other instance also came from an Indian through Pooja Vastrakar, who made 67 runs in the 2022 edition against Pakistan at Mount Maunganui.

Amanjot has become the first player in history to score a half-century from number eight and take a wicket in the same Women’s World Cup match after she dismissed Vishmi Gunaratne and ended with figures of 1-36 in six overs.

Infact, in the 52-year-old history of the competition, she is the first player to walk out at number seven or below and score a half-century. The record for the previous best score by a batter walking out after the team lost their fifth best was set 37 years ago in 1988.

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