Smriti Mandhana: Smriti Mandhana did wonders in the three-match ODI series played between Indian Women and New Zealand Women. She scored a century in spectacular fashion in the last match and became the batsman to score the most centuries in the ODI format for India. He left behind former Indian captain Mithali Raj. In the coming time, Smriti can achieve the first position in the world in terms of scoring most centuries in the ODI format. He needs 7 centuries for this.
Smriti Mandhana left Mithali Raj behind
For India, Mithali Raj scored 7 centuries in 211 innings, while Smriti Mandhana broke her record. He made the record of scoring 8 centuries in 88 innings. But Smriti needs only 7 ODI centuries to surpass the batsman who has scored the most centuries in the world.
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Smriti can become the world's greatest batsman
The player who has scored the most centuries in the ODI format is Australia's MM Lanning, who has scored 15 centuries in her name. New Zealand's player S.W. Bates is at second place with 13 centuries. At the third position is England's batsman TT Beaumont, who has scored 10 centuries, while at the fourth and fifth positions are England's batsman Nate Sciver and Sri Lanka's AMCJK Athapattu, who have scored 9 centuries. Smriti has reached 7th place in this list.
played a brilliant innings
Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls in the third match played against New Zealand. Thanks to his century, India won the third match and took the series 2-1. He also hit 10 fours during his innings.
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Such was the condition of the match
Batting first, New Zealand scored 232 runs in 49.5 overs. Chasing the target, the Indian team scored 236/4 runs in 44.2 overs and won the match by 6 wickets. Apart from Smriti, captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played an inning of 59 runs in 63 balls from India's side.
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