India, July 22 -- India captain Harmanpreet Kaur answered her critics in style as she roared back into form with an astounding century against England in the third and final ODI at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street. The right-handed batter eventually scored 102 runs off 84 balls with the help of 14 fours. With this knock, Harmanpreet registered the second-fastest century by an Indian in women's ODIs. She brought up the three-figure mark off just 82 balls. The fastest century for India was smashed by Smriti Mandhana off 70 balls against Ireland earlier this year.

Harmanpreet Kaur was slow to get off the blocks in the third and final ODI, but she got her eye in. She let loose and started hitting boundaries for fun. No England bowle...