Indian opener Smriti Mandhana scored another brilliant century in the India vs South Africa match on Wednesday. With this hundred, she has equalled the record for most centuries for India with the legendary Mithali Raj. Mandhana has now hit consecutive centuries in ODIs, becoming the first Indian to do so.
Mandhana smashed her century off 103 balls at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. She was dismissed by Nonkululeko Mlaba after scoring a gigantic 135 off 120 balls.
Indian Women with most centuries in ODIs
PlayerMat100RunsMithali Raj84*73474Smriti Mandhana23277805Harmanpreet Kaur132*53492Punam Raut7332299
Most centuries in women’s cricket
Mandhana has also made it to the list of most centuries by women cricketers, entering the top 10 players in ODI cricket.
PlayerMatRunsHSAveSR10050MM Lanning 1034602152*53.5192.21521SW Bates 160567316841.180.211334Nat Sciver-Brunt 1063598148*46.7295.81920AMCJK Athapaththu 1033552195*36.2475.2916TT Beaumont 1153778168*39.3573.5919CM Edwards 1915992173*38.1665.29946SC Taylor 1264101156*40.269.77823SFM Devine 14437761453285.04815KL Rolton 1414814154*48.1473.69833S Mandhana 84*349513644.884.6726
Mandhana’s century streak
Smriti Mandhana has etched her name in the history books by becoming the only Indian women cricketer to score two consecutive centuries in ODI format. In the previous match, the left-handed batter smashed 117 runs in the 1st ODI against the Proteas.
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