Smriti Mandhana’s century: Smriti Mandhana’s double blast against South Africa creates history in ODI cricket

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Dementia Century vs SA: Smriti Mandhana’s seventh and second centuries in two matches and captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s aggressive century helped India post a strong score of 325 for three against South Africa in the second Women’s One Day International cricket match. Mandhana (Smriti Mandhana’s century) 136 (120 balls, 18 fours, 2 sixes) and Harmanpreet 103 (not out in 88 balls, 9 fours, 3 sixes) added 171 runs for the third wicket and the South African bowlers were in trouble after being invited to bat first. . The BCCI woman shared a video on the X account in which Smriti Mandhana can be seen celebrating her century.

A double whammy of amnesia

Smriti Mandhana has created history by scoring two centuries in two consecutive matches in the ODI series against South Africa.

Smriti Mandhana sets another record with her seventh century in ODIs, Mandhana has equaled Mithali Raj’s ODI centuries as an Indian women’s cricketer with seven centuries. Mandhana has scored 7 centuries in 84 matches while Mithali has scored 7 centuries in 232 ODIs. With this, Mandhana has moved to the 10th position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in ODIs.

Earlier, Smriti Mandhana also played an innings of 117 runs in the first ODI of the series. With this, Mandhana became the first Indian woman player to score two consecutive centuries in an ODI series and also entered the top-5 list of opening batsmen with the most centuries in ODIs.

Smriti Mandhana scored her second consecutive century in the series

The wicket was not like the first match. So, a few things had to change in the beginning, the habit of getting out for a wicket in 18 balls and I had to deal with that situation. Later, when (Smriti Mandhana on Harmanpreet Kaur) Harmanpreet came in, she batted brilliantly from the first ball, which made my job easier. Really happy that we were able to put on 200-plus and she scored a century in the last over.

Cricket has taught us that we cannot take anything lightly. It was really necessary to go out fresh today. He bowled brilliantly in the first 15 overs, so I had to change my plan. You always start from zero. There was a lot of movement in the seam in the first 15 overs. The wicket became easy. Maybe it will work a little on the lighting. There are many cracks on the pitch. We have to bowl in the right areas.


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