Smriti Mandhana broke Harmanpreet Kaur’s record for the fastest hundred by an Indian in women’s one-day international cricket. Smriti smashed her hundred in 70 deliveries against Ireland in the final ODI of a three-match series in Rajkot on Wednesday, January 15. Smriti smashed 135 off 80 balls, smashing seven sixes and 12 boundaries in a dominating knock.
Smriti Mandhana got to her hundred in 70 balls, 17 deliveries faster than the Indian record. Harmanpreet Kaur held the record previously, scoring a hundred in just 87 balls against South Africa last year in Bengaluru. Harmanpreet held the record since 2017 after scoring a 90-ball hundred against Australia in the 2017 ODI World Cup in Derby.
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Smriti Mandhana’s 70-ball hundred was also the joint seventh-fastest in women’s ODI cricket history. Meg Lanning holds the record for the fastest women’s ODI hundred—a 45-ball hundred against New Zealand in 2012.
