NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday etched her identify in historical past as she grew to become the primary girls’s cricketer to attain 4 ODI centuries in a calendar 12 months. The elegant left-hander achieved this exceptional feat through the third and ultimate ODI in opposition to Australia in Perth.
Mandhana’s potential to anchor innings and speed up when required has been instrumental in crew’s success, however this time her knock went in useless as India misplaced to Australia by 83 runs on the WACA.’
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Mandhana accomplished her fifty in 50 deliveries, earlier than happening to attain a century from 103 balls. Following her two consecutive tons of in opposition to South Africa in June and one in opposition to New Zealand in October, this innings marked Mandhana’s fourth century of the 12 months.
Her exceptional feat of scoring 4 centuries in a calendar 12 months established a brand new file in girls’s ODIs, exceeding the earlier better of three centuries in a 12 months, which was collectively held by seven gamers.
South African captain Laura Wolvaardt scored her third ton this 12 months, whereas the others on the listing are Meg Lanning (2016), Nat Sciver-Brunt (2023), Sophie Devine (2018), Sidra Amin (2022), Amy Satterthwaite (2016), Belinda Clark (1997).
This newest century took Mandhana’s total ODI century depend to 9, inserting her alongside Nat Sciver-Brunt, Chamari Athapaththu and Charlotte Edwards in shared fourth place. Her subsequent goal can be to equal Tammy Beaumont‘s tally of 10 ODI centuries.
Mandhana achieved her ninth ODI century, that includes 14 boundaries and one six. She now trails by solely six centuries to match the file for many ODI tons of, at the moment held by former Australian captain Meg Lanning, who has 15 to her identify.
This accomplishment demonstrates her constant efficiency on the highest stage and her vital contribution to girls’s cricket.
