Smriti Mandhana
After losing the first two matches of the ODI series against Australia, Team India is playing to save honor in the third ODI. In this third match being played at WACA Ground, Perth, the Indian team has got a big target of 299 runs, chasing which opener Smriti Mandhana has done a big feat. On the basis of Annabel Sutherland’s brilliant century, Australia scored 298 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Annabel Sutherland scored 110 runs in 95 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath and Ashley Gardner scored brilliant half-centuries.
In response to Australia’s huge score, the Indian opening pair had a very poor start. Richa Ghosh returned to the pavilion with the team score of 16 runs. After this, Harleen Deol supported Smriti Mandhana and made a partnership of more than 100 runs for the second wicket. During this, Smriti Mandhana managed to complete her half-century. India got the second big blow in the form of Harleen (39 runs) at the score of 134 runs. After this, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who came on the field, could not do anything special and became the victim of Annabel Sutherland after scoring only 12 runs. Shortly after the Indian team suffered its third blow, Smriti Mandhana completed her century.
Mandhana’s big charisma
Smriti Mandhana scored her 9th century in ODIs by stealing a double run on the last ball of the 34th over. He scored his second century in ODI against Australia with the help of 13 fours and 1 six in 103 balls. In this way, Mandhana has become the first Indian woman cricketer to score 2 ODI centuries against Australia. Before this, no Indian female cricketer could achieve this great feat. Mandhana has also become the first woman player to score more than one ODI century on Australian soil. Not only this, this is the fourth ODI century from Mandhana’s bat this year and she has made a big world record in her name. Mandhana has become the first female cricketer in the world to score 4 centuries in one calendar year in ODI cricket.
Female cricketer who has scored the most centuries in ODI in a calendar year
- 4 – Smriti Mandhana (2024)
- 3 – Belinda Clark (1997)
- 3 – Meg Lanning (2016)
- 3 – Amy Satterthwaite (2016)
- 3 – Sophie Devine (2018)
- 3 – Sidra Amin (2022)
- 3 – Nate Sciver-Brunt (2023)
- 3 – Laura Wolvaardt (2024)
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