Delhi: 18 year old young batsman Neelam Bhardwaj from Uttarakhand created history with her explosive innings. Playing against Nagaland on Wednesday, Neelam scored an unbeaten double century in ODI cricket, making her the youngest female cricketer in India to achieve this feat in ODIs.
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Thanks to Neelam’s explosive batting, Uttarakhand scored a huge score of 371 runs in 50 overs. After this, the bowlers of Uttarakhand performed brilliantly and restricted Nagaland to just 112 runs in 47 overs and won the match by a huge margin.
Neelam’s struggle
Neelam’s journey has been full of struggle. Neelam’s father Maresh Bhardwaj, who grew up in the slums near Ramnagar railway station in Uttarakhand, was a daily wage labourer. Four years ago, his father died in an accident while carrying wood, leaving the family in financial crisis. During this difficult time, her coach Mohammad Ansari supported Neelam. He told that Neelam started cricket training at the age of 8 and made it to the Under-19 team at the age of 11-12.
202 runs on 137 balls
Neelam scored unbeaten 202* runs in 137 balls in her record-breaking innings, which included 27 fours and 2 sixes. He was chosen “Player of the Match” for his excellent performance.
Neelam is the third Indian female cricketer to score a double century in ODI cricket. Before her, Smriti Mandhana had scored 224 runs against Gujarat in 2013-14 and Shweta Sehrawat had scored 242 runs against Nagaland in 2023.
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