Smriti Mandhana became 'Century Queen', breaking the indian record for most centuries
Most ODI Centuries Women's Cricket: Smriti Mandhana scored a century in the third match against New Zealand. She has created a new record of centuries.
Smriti Mandhana Most ODI Centuries women Cricket
Smriti Mandhana has made a historic record in her name. She has now become the cricketer to score the most ODI centuries in the history of indian women's cricket. She has set this record by leaving behind the great batsman Mithali Raj. Smriti played an innings of 100 runs in the third ODI against new zealand and made a significant contribution in helping Team india win the series 2-1.
This was the eighth century in ODI matches of Smriti Mandhana's career. Now only 6 players are ahead of her in terms of scoring the most centuries. Before Smriti, this indian record was in the name of Mithali Raj, who had scored a total of seven centuries in her vast career of 232 matches. At the same time, the record for scoring the most centuries in women's ODI cricket is held by Australian player Meg Lanning, who scored 15 centuries in her illustrious career. Lanning retired in 2023.
This was Smriti Mandhana's 10th century in international cricket as she has also scored two centuries in her 7 Test match career. In ODI cricket, Smriti Mandhana has so far scored 3,690 runs in 88 matches, including 8 centuries and 27 half-century innings.
Other Records of Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana has previously been the fastest player to score 2,000 ODI runs for India. She made this record in 51 innings and also holds the record for scoring the fastest 3,000 runs. Mandhana touched the three thousand-run mark in 76 innings. She is only 113 runs away from scoring 8,000 runs in international cricket. The highest run-scorer in international cricket is female cricketer Mithali Raj, who scored a total of 10,868 runs in all three formats in her career.
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