Smriti Mandhana scored a century in the second match against South Africa. This was the 7th century of her ODI career.
Smriti Mandhana scored a century in the second match of the 3-match ODI series between India women’s cricket team and South Africa. This was her second consecutive century in the series. With this, she equaled 5 players including veteran Mithali Raj. She became the player to score the most centuries as an Indian women cricketer jointly with Mithali Raj.
This was Smriti’s 7th ODI century. Mithali also has the same number of centuries. Australia’s Meg Lanning holds the record of most 15 centuries. Apart from her, New Zealand’s Suzie Bates has scored 13 centuries. Apart from these two players, no one has scored more than 10 centuries. Smriti is 27 years old. In such a situation, she can also make the record of scoring the most centuries.
Equality Of 5 Players Including Mithali Raj
Apart from Smriti Mandhana and Mithali Raj, West Indies’ Stephanie Taylor, New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite, England’s Sarah Taylor, South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt have scored 7 centuries each. Australia’s Karen Rolton, New Zealand’s Stephanie Devine, England’s Claire Taylor have scored 8 centuries each. England’s Charlotte Edwards, Tammy Beaumount, Nat Sciver Brunt and Sri Lanka’s Chamari Atapattu have scored 9 centuries each.
First Indian Woman Cricketer to Score Two Consecutive ODI Centuries
Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman cricketer to score two consecutive ODI centuries. Incidentally, Mandhana is the first Asian woman cricketer to score consecutive ODI centuries, while New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite leads the list with four consecutive centuries in 2016-17. Mandhana is sixth in the list of highest run-scorers among women openers in ODIs. With her seventh century, Mandhana reached joint third position in the list of openers with most centuries in this format.
