Smriti Mandhana
On one hand, the Indian men’s team has lost the first 2 test matches to New Zealand in the 3-match test series. On the other hand, Indian women’s cricket team has defeated New Zealand and captured the 3-match ODI series 2-1. In the third ODI match played in Ahmedabad, Team India won the match as well as the series thanks to Smriti Mandhana’s historic century. In this match, Smriti Mandhana also created a new record by scoring a century.
Batting first in the third ODI, the New Zealand team could not even play the full 50 overs. The Kiwi team was bundled out for 232 runs in 49.5 overs. For India, Deepti Sharma took maximum 3 wickets while Priya Mishra took 2 wickets. While chasing New Zealand’s score, the Indian team did not have a very good start. Opener Shefali Verma returned to the pavilion on the score of 16 runs. After this, opening batsman Smiti Mandhana made a wonderful partnership with Yastika Bhatia and took the team’s score close to 100.
Smriti Mandhana scored a historic century
After the dismissal of Yastika Bhatia, Mandhana got excellent support from captain Harmanpreet Kaur. During this, Mandhana was successful in completing her century in ODI. He scored his 8th century in ODIs. In this way she became the Indian woman cricketer to score the most centuries in ODIs. He shattered Mithali Raj’s record of 7 ODI centuries.
Most centuries for India in women’s ODI
- 8 – Smriti Mandhana (88 innings)
- 7 – Mithali Raj (211 innings)
- 6 – Harmanpreet Kaur (116 innings)
8th ODI century in lowest innings in women’s cricket
- 45 – Meg Lanning (Australia)
- 74 – Tammy Beaumont (England)
- 88 – Smriti Mandhana (India)
- 89 – Natalie Sciver-Brunt (England)
Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls with the help of 10 fours. After Mandhana’s dismissal, captain Harmanpreet Kaur along with Jemimah achieved the target of 233 runs in 44.2 overs. In this way the Indian team managed to capture the ODI series 2-1. India won the first ODI by 59 runs while New Zealand won the second match.
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