HomeSports NewsSmriti Mandhana becomes first Indian women’s player to score century in consecutive ODIs
In the opening ODI, Mandhana had scored 117 as India put 265 on the scoreboard upon batting first. The opener had brought up her knock in 127 balls with the assistance of 12 fours and a solitary six. Her strike rate stood at 92.13. Whilst the Women in Blue won the first game by 143 runs, they emerged victorious in the following encounter by four runs.
By Anjali Jha June 20, 2024, 2:37:57 AM IST (Published)
Indian cricket team star Smriti Mandhana became the first-ever women’s player to score centuries in consecutive ODIs after her impressive innings of 136 against South Africa at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Mandhana took up 120 deliveries in her knock, slamming 18 boundaries and two sixes and batted at a strike rate of 113.33.
In the opening ODI, Mandhana had scored 117 as India put 265 on the scoreboard upon batting first. The opener had brought up her knock in 127 balls with the assistance of 12 fours and a solitary six. Her strike rate stood at 92.13. Whilst the Women in Blue won the first game by 143 runs, they emerged victorious in the following encounter by four runs.
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The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side thus leads the three-match series by 2-0.
The second match held on Wednesday was a much closer affair than the first one though. India put up 325 batting first, as Mandhana’s ton was complemented by Harmanpreet’s unbeaten innings of 103 too. Harmanpreet brought up this innings in 88 deliveries and it was enabled by nine fours and three maximums, at a scoring rate of 117.05. Shafali Varma and Dayalan Hemalatha contributed with brief innings’ of 20 and 24 respectively.
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The Protea women didn’t back off from putting forth a fight in the chase though. They fell short of the target by only four runs in the end, thanks to a supreme 135* effort by opener and captain Laura Wolvaadart. Marizanne Kapp came in with a knock of 114 as well where the Indian bowlers had an off-day at work. Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma took a couple of wickets each, and Arundhati Reddy along with Mandhana chimed in with a dismissal to their name.
Mandhana’s century not only helped her etch her name in the history books for this record, but also pushed India to clinch a victory in this all-important ODI series.
