Smriti Mandhana hits India’s fastest hundred in women’s ODIs, completes 10th century | Read

Smriti smashed her hundred in just 70 deliveries against Ireland in the final ODI of a three-match series in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 15. Smriti smashed 135 off 80 balls, smashing seven sixes and 12 boundaries in a dominating knock.

Smriti Mandhana got to her hundred in 70 balls, 17 deliveries faster than the Indian record. Harmanpreet Kaur held the record previously, scoring a hundred in just 87 balls against South Africa last year in Bengaluru. Harmanpreet had held the record since 2017 after having scored a 90-ball hundred against Australia in the 2017 ODI World Cup in Derby.

Smriti Mandhana’s 70-ball hundred was also the joint seventh-fastest in women’s ODI cricket history. Meg Lanning holds the record for the fastest women’s ODI hundred — a 45-ball hundred against New Zealand in 2012.

FASTEST HUNDREDS IN WOMEN’S ODIs

1. Meg Lanning: 45 balls vs New Zealand Women, 2012/13
2. Karen Rolton: 57 balls vs South Africa Women, 2000/01
3. Sophie Devine: 59 balls vs Ireland Women, 2018
4. Harshitha Jayangani: 60 balls vs New Zealand Women, 2023
5. Maddy Green: 62 balls vs Ireland Women, 2018
6. Nat Sciver: 66 balls vs Sri Lanka Women, 2023
7. Charlotte Edwards: 70 balls vs New Zealand Women, 2011/12
8. Smriti Mandhana: 70 balls vs Ireland Women in 2024

Smriti Mandhana also notched up her 10th ODI hundred, continuing her golden run in the 50-over format of the game. She became just the fourth player in women’s cricket to hit 10 or more hundred in the format.

MOST HUNDREDS IN WOMEN’S ODIs

1. Meg Lanning – 15 hundreds in 103 matches
2. Suzie Bates – 13 hundreds in 168 matches
3. Tammy Beaumont – 10 in 126 matches
4. Smriti Mandhana – 10 in 97 matches

Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal added 233 runs for the first wicket — the third-highest partnership for India in women’s ODI cricket. Smriti was at her elegant best, tormenting the Ireland bowlers while young Pratika, who has had a great start to her ODI career, gave her captain the perfect support from the other end.