- Smriti Mandhana is the woman cricketer who has scored the most centuries in a year
- Recorded as the first player to score 4 centuries
- The batsman who scored most centuries in ODIs for India.
Smriti Mandhana: India’s star batsman Smriti Mandhana once again scored a century in the last match of the three ODI series against Australia. In this match, Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl first. But the Australian team batsmen faced the Indian bowlers bravely and achieved a huge score. Batting first in this match, Australia scored 298 runs for six wickets due to Annabel Sutherland’s century. On the other hand, Arundhati Reddy performed brilliantly for India and scored 26 runs and took four wickets. Australia lost the first 4 wickets for 78 runs in the innings. After that Sutherland scored 110 runs off 95 balls and gave the team a huge score.
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Smriti Mandhana gave a good start to the team in response to a huge target and scored the fourth century of the year. In this match against Australia, Smriti Mandhana completed a century in 103 balls. Hit 14 fours and 1 six in this innings. However, after the century, he could not stay at the crease for a long time and got out after scoring 105 runs. If not, her fourth ODI century in 2024. With this, Smriti Mandhana also became the player who scored the most centuries in women’s cricket. Only 7 players in women’s ODI cricket have scored more than 3 centuries in a year. But, Smriti Mandhana became the first player to score 4 centuries.
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Smriti Mandhana completed 9 centuries in her ODI career with this innings. Smriti is also the batsman who scored most centuries in ODIs for India. On the other hand, she is the fourth highest scorer in women’s ODI cricket history. Along with Smriti Mandhana, Nat Skiver Brunt, Charlotte Edwards and Chamari Atapattu also scored 9 centuries in ODI cricket. At the same time, Meg Lanning topped the list with 15 centuries. New Zealand’s Suzy Bates with 13 centuries and England’s Tommy Beaumont with 10 centuries.