.Smriti Mandhana. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday engraved her label in history as she became the initial ladies’s cricketer to rack up four ODI centuries in a fiscal year. The classy left-hander attained this outstanding task in the course of the third and also last ODI versus Australia in Perth.Mandhana’s capacity to support innings and also speed up when required has contributed in crew’s success, yet this time her knock used vain as India shed to Australia by 83 runs at the WACA.’ How can India still obtain Globe Test Championship final?Mandhana accomplished her fifty in fifty shippings, just before taking place to rack up a century from 103 spheres.
Observing her 2 consecutive hundreds against South Africa in June and one against New Zealand in October, this innings noticeable Mandhana’s fourth century of the year.Her exceptional feat of racking up four centuries in a fiscal year established a brand-new report in females’s ODIs, surpassing the previous ideal of three centuries in a year, which was actually mutually stored by seven gamers. South Black captain Laura Wolvaardt recorded her 3rd bunch this year, while the others on the list are Meg Lanning (2016 ), Nat Sciver-Brunt (2023 ), Sophie Devine (2018 ), Sidra Amin (2022 ), Amy Satterthwaite (2016 ), Belinda Clark (1997 ). This most current century took Mandhana’s general ODI century matter to 9, placing her along with Nat Sciver-Brunt, Chamari Athapaththu and also Charlotte Edwards in common fourth position.
Her following intended would be to equal Tammy Beaumont’s tally of 10 ODI centuries.Mandhana achieved her 9th ODI century, including 14 borders and one 6. She currently routes through simply six centuries to match the record for many ODI hundreds, currently had through past Australian captain Meg Lanning, that has 15 to her name.This achievement illustrates her consistent performance at the highest level as well as her significant payment to ladies’s cricket.