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Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues made an unbeaten partnership of 167 runs against Australia in the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. This became India’s biggest partnership in Women’s World Cup knockout matches. Harmanpreet performed brilliantly by scoring 89 runs and Jemima by scoring 90 runs.
Delhi: The semi-final match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 is being played between India and Australia at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues created history in the match. Both the batsmen made a brilliant partnership of 167 runs for the third wicket.
Harmanpreet-Jemima made a record
This partnership of 167 runs has become India’s biggest partnership in the knockout matches of the Women’s World Cup. Earlier this record was also in the name of Harmanpreet Kaur. She had a partnership of 137 runs with Deepti Sharma in the 2017 derby semi-final. Now Harmanpreet and Jemima have left that record behind.
The biggest partnership against Australia in the World Cup
| serial number | Partnership (runs) | player | Team | place | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 167 | Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues | India Women (IND-W) | Mumbai DY Patil | 2025 |
| 2 | 157 | Mithali Raj, Poonam Raut | India Women (IND-W) | bristol | 2017 |
| 3 | 155 | Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal | India Women (IND-W) | Visakhapatnam | 2025 |
| 4 | 137 | Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma | India Women (IND-W) | derby | 2017 |
| 5 | 130 | Yastika Bhatia, Mithali Raj | India Women (IND-W) | auckland | 2022 |
Harmanpreet Kaur scored 89 runs in this match, while Jemimah Rodrigues strengthened the team by scoring a brilliant century. Together they did not give any chance to the Australian bowlers and put India in a strong position.
With this performance, Harmanpreet Kaur completed a total of 311 runs in Women’s World Cup knockout matches. He is now at second place in this list. Ahead of her is only Australia’s legendary player Belinda Clark, who had scored 330 runs.
