Harsh Goenka goes ga-ga over Harmanpreet Kaur's century, calls it a 'masterclass'

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's scintillating century which helped India defeat England in their second ODI came in for high praise from industrialist Harsh Goenka among others.'

Goenka took to Twitter to give a shout-out to Harmanpreet after her unbeaten 143 runs from 111 balls helped the Indian women win Wednesday's onedayer in Canterbury and seal the three-match series .


Harmanpreet arrived at the crease when India were 99/3 in 19 overs. She then went about rebuilding the innings, sharing a 113-run stand for the fourth wicket with the young Harleen Deol (58 off 72 balls).

Harmanpreet got to her fifty in 64 balls, and then accelerated brilliantly to get her next 50 runs in 36 balls. She went on to score her last 43 runs off just 11 balls, as India cracked 62 off the last three overs to finish at 333 for 5. Her innings had 18 fours and four sixes.

“What an innings- a masterclass! 143 runs in 111 balls? Take a bow @ImHarmanpreet! Truly a captain’s hurricane knock!” Goenka wrote on Twitter.

Many on Twitter also recalled Harmanpreet's masterful innings of 171* of 115 balls against Australia in the 2017 World Cup

Harmanpreet is the first woman for India to score a century in a Women's Twenty20 International match. And the first cricketer for India, male or female, to play in 100 international Twenty20 matches.

In the Canterbury ODI, India bundled out England for 245 in 44.5 overs and won the match by 88 runs. Medium pacer Renuka Singh (4/57) claimed four wickets. Danni Wyatt's 58-ball 65 was the lone bright spot in an otherwise dismal show by England batters. England's chase fell apart after Renuka sent back Wyatt in the 30th over.

The last time Indian women won an ODI series in England was in 1999 when they triumphed 2-1.