.Smriti Mandhana. (BCCI Image) NEW DELHI: Smriti Mandhana on Wednesday engraved her label in record as she came to be the very first women’s cricketer to score 4 ODI centuries in a fiscal year. The sophisticated left-hander obtained this exceptional accomplishment in the course of the third and final ODI versus Australia in Perth.Mandhana’s capacity to support innings and also speed up when needed has actually contributed in team’s excellence, but this time her knock entered vain as India shed to Australia through 83 go for the WACA.’ Exactly how can India still get approved for World Examination Champion final?Mandhana finished her fifty in fifty distributions, prior to taking place to score a century coming from 103 rounds.
Observing her 2 successive hundreds against South Africa in June and one versus New Zealand in Oct, this innings noticeable Mandhana’s 4th century of the year.Her amazing feat of scoring 4 centuries in a fiscal year set up a new report in women’s ODIs, going beyond the previous ideal of 3 centuries in a year, which was actually mutually stored by 7 gamers. South Black leader Laura Wolvaardt recorded her 3rd load this year, while the others on the checklist are Meg Lanning (2016 ), Nat Sciver-Brunt (2023 ), Sophie Devine (2018 ), Sidra Amin (2022 ), Amy Satterthwaite (2016 ), Belinda Clark (1997 ). This most up-to-date century took Mandhana’s overall ODI century count to nine, positioning her together with Nat Sciver-Brunt, Chamari Athapaththu and also Charlotte Edwards in shared 4th placement.
Her next intended would be actually to equal Tammy Beaumont’s tally of 10 ODI centuries.Mandhana attained her ninth ODI century, featuring 14 boundaries and also one 6. She currently tracks through just 6 centuries to match the track record for most ODI hundreds, presently held through past Australian captain Meg Lanning, that has 15 to her name.This achievement illustrates her steady functionality at the highest level and her considerable addition to girls’s cricket.