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Yastika Bhatia said it felt \u201cunbelievable\u201d to have gained a coveted place on the Lord\u2019s honours boards after becoming the first woman to score a Test century at the \u2018Home of Cricket\u2019 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Yastika\u2019s 113 was the cornerstone of India\u2019s second-innings 341-7 declared on Sunday that left England needing a mammoth 427 to win the inaugural women\u2019s Test at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n

At stumps on the third day, England had slumped to 130-6 with India well-placed to complete victory in a fixture being played 142 years \u2013 and 150 matches \u2013 on from the first men\u2019s Test at the celebrated London ground.<\/p>\n

Yastika\u2019s innings, her maiden international century, was all the more creditable as it took place just six months after she endured surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament injury in her left knee.<\/p>\n

RELATED | Yastika\u2019s century brings India to the precipice of victory<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

And the 25-year-old also had the additional responsibility of keeping wicket at Lord\u2019s amid soaring temperatures in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Yastika told reporters after stumps.<\/p>\n

\u201cSix months ago, I was in a very different place. And if you would have told me then I would have my name on the honours board, I wouldn\u2019t have believed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Your time will come\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

Yastika spent part of her innings batting alongside fellow left-hander Smriti Mandhana, who was dismissed for 70 after scoring 83 in India\u2019s first innings.<\/p>\n

As well as admiring the opener\u2019s qualities as a batter, Yastika said Mandhana had also provided important guidance in her rehabilitation after also suffering an ACL injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a conversation with her and she just looked at me and she said this is going to be the turning point in your career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also met when I was in rehab and a little nervous But she said \u2018you are a sincere kid, you are a good human — just keep doing the hard work and your time will come\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Yastika stressed it had been a long road back to full fitness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to start from scratch,\u201d she explained. \u201cEach muscle you train, all the muscles around the knee you have to train.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then slowly, slowly progress will happen, not like in one or two days. So it\u2019s very frustrating missing out on big tournaments and just doing rehab.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yastika, who thanked her family for their support, said it was wicket-keeping training that rekindled her love for cricket.<\/p>\n

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Yastika spent part of her innings batting alongside fellow left-hander Smriti Mandhana, who was dismissed for 70 after scoring 83 in India\u2019s first innings.
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Yastika spent part of her innings batting alongside fellow left-hander Smriti Mandhana, who was dismissed for 70 after scoring 83 in India\u2019s first innings.
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\u201cJust catches I did, not even batting, first I did keeping. So I was very happy. That day I was like a little kid smiling whole day that I did keeping after four months… And I felt the love of the game again after that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yastika had one moment of good fortune when to the first ball of Sunday\u2019s play and still on her overnight 39 not out, a delivery from Lauren Bell brushed her off stump without dislodging the bails.<\/p>\n

But from then on she was in complete command, with Yastika 91 not out at lunch.<\/p>\n

There were no \u2018nervous 90s\u2019 for Yastika as she raced to her century in the first over after the interval, consecutive fours off Issy Wong taking her to 99 before a single off the fast bowler completed a century in 145 balls including 12 fours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought that if I get some loose deliveries, I\u2019ll try to make the most of it,\u201d Yastika explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no rush from the dressing room, no extra pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had wickets in hand. I always play best when I play for the team, so I was thinking that if we accelerate here, get some runs at good pace, it will be good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yastika eventually holed out to Sophie Ecclestone, with the England left-arm spinner also securing a place on the honours boards with a five-wicket haul.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe batted so well, and she really deserved that,\u201d said Ecclestone of Yastika. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool for her to be on the honours board.\u201d<\/p>\n

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