ICC Women's World Cup 2017: 5 things that India did right in their victory against Australia

#1 A special knock by a special player

Harmanpreet Kaur played as if there's no tomorrow

Sensational. Brutal. Hard hitting. Timely. These are just some of the words that can be used to describe the knock that was on display last night by a batter who is playing her third World Cup. Harmanpreet Kaur played one of the best knocks that has ever been witnessed in women's cricket. Kaur smashed the Aussies left, right and centre to reach a mind numbing score of 171* in just 115 balls.

Her supernatural knock had all the makings of a performance which will be remembered not for years, but for decades. Such knocks come once in a few years and it is safe to say that Kaur's 171 is right up there with Kapil Dev's 175 in the 1983 World Cup. Her clean hitting was absolutely top notch and it was a sort of an inning which often inspires a team to punch above their weight - like India did yesterday.

Off the last 40 balls she faced last night, Kaur managed a mammoth score of 103 runs (at a strike rate of 257.75) and in turn achieved the highest ever score in a World Cup knockout game.