In the final of the ODI tri-series, Team India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana scored a historic century. In this match against Sri Lanka, she scored runs at a breakneck pace. With this innings at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium, she registered her name in women’s ODI cricket history. Smriti Mandhana did a feat that only two women cricketers could do before this in world cricket.
Smriti Mandhana’s Historic Century
Smriti Mandhana started this match very cautiously, after which she also scored runs at a fast pace. In this match against Sri Lanka, she played an innings of 116 runs in 101 balls. She scored these runs at a strike rate of 114.85, which includes 15 fours and 2 sixes. The unique thing was that Smriti Mandhana faced only 92 balls to reach the century. This is her 11th century in ODI cricket, the record for scoring the most centuries in women’s ODI by any Indian.
CENTURY!
11th ODI HUNDRED for vice-captain Smriti Mandhana
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Third Player In The World To Do This
With this 11th ODI century, Smriti Mandhana has also made her place in a special list. She became only the third female cricketer to score 11 or more centuries in ODIS. Apart from her, Australia’s Meg Lanning and New Zealand’s Suzie Bates have been able to do this feat in ODIS. Meg Lanning has scored 15 centuries in ODIS, and Suzie Bates has scored 13 centuries. At the same time, Smriti Mandhana has come in at number three in terms of scoring the most centuries in ODIS. She left England’s Tammy Beaumont behind, who has 10 ODI centuries to her name.
This series was good for Smriti Mandhana. She scored 264 runs in 5 matches at an average of 52.80, including 1 century and 1 half-century. She scored this half-century in the last match against South Africa. She is also the highest run-scoring Indian batswoman in this series.
