Smriti Mandhana Century: Smriti Mandhana has created history. Smriti scored a century in the third and final ODI against Australia while chasing the winning run.
This match between Australia vs Team India is being played at Waka Ground, Perth.
Smriti Mandhana’s Record-Breaking Century Against Australia
Australia has challenged India to 299 runs for victory. Smriti scored a century while chasing the runs. Smriti has exploded with this century. With this century, Smriti has become the first woman cricketer to achieve such a special performance in the history of ODI cricket.
Smriti completed this century in 103 balls with a strike rate of 97.09. Smriti hit 13 fours and 1 six in this century. This was Smriti’s ninth century in ODI career.
Also, this year 2024 became the fourth century of Smriti. With this, Smriti became the first woman cricketer to score 4 centuries in a single year. But Smriti got out after playing a few balls after the century. Smriti scored 105 runs off 109 balls and was dismissed.
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Playing XI and Match Highlights
Smriti made a decisive partnership with this century knocking a side of Team India. The opening pair of Smriti and Richa Ghosh entered the fray. But Richa was dismissed for 2 runs. Smriti then shared a century partnership with Harlin Deol for the second wicket.
Both added 102 runs for the second wicket. Hurlin was then dismissed for 39 runs. Then added 31 runs for the third wicket with captain Harmanpreet. Harman was dismissed for 12 runs. Smriti got out after scoring a century. As a result, Team India was 189 for 4,
Australia Playing XI: Tahlia McGrath (captain), Phoebe Lichfield, Georgia Wall, Elise Perry, Beth Mooney (wicketkeeper), Annabelle Sutherland, Ashley Gardner, Sophie Molyneux, Alana King, Kim Garth and Megan Shute.
India Playing XI: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Saima Thakor, Renuka Thakur Singh, Arundhati Reddy and Titas Sadhu.
