Smriti Mandhana made the Indian record of most centuries, played a memorable innings against New Zealand

New Delhi. Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third ODI. With this, India won the 3-match ODI series 2-1. The biggest contribution in India’s victory was made by vice-captain Smriti Mandhana. Smriti Mandhana scored a century in the match. With this, she became the batsman who scored the most number of ODI centuries for India.

Indian opener Smriti Mandhana scored 100 runs in 122 balls in the third ODI against New Zealand. He hit 10 fours in this innings. This is his eighth ODI century. With this, Smriti Mandhana has broken Mithali Raj’s Indian record of scoring most centuries. Mithali Raj had scored 7 centuries in her career of 232 ODI matches. Smriti Mandhana has scored 8 centuries after playing 88 ODI matches.

Australia’s Meg Lanning holds the world record for scoring most ODI centuries in women’s cricket. In his career spanning 12 years, he has scored 15 centuries in 103 ODI matches. New Zealand’s Suzie Bates is at second place with 13 centuries. Smriti Mandhana is at number seven in this list.

28 year old Smriti Mandhana has scored 3690 runs in 88 ODI matches at an average of 45.00. This includes 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries. Smriti Mandhana may have left Mithali Raj behind in terms of scoring centuries, but she is still far behind her in terms of runs. In her career spanning 23 years, Mithali Raj has scored 7805 runs in 232 matches at an average of 50.68. This includes 7 centuries and 64 half-centuries. Mithali Raj is the highest run-scorer (ODI) batsman not only in India but in the world.