Smriti Mandhana Sets Record for Fastest ODI Century by an Indian Woman Cricketer

Following India's decision to bat first in the dead rubber game, with a 2-0 lead comfortably in hand, Smriti put up one more spectacular performance with the bat to take the Irish bowlers to cleaners as she hit her tenth ODI hundred in 70 deliveries.

India skipper Smriti Mandhana smashed the fastest ODI hundred by an India women's batter when she hit a 70-ball ton during the third and final match of the series against Ireland at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday.

Following India's decision to bat first in the dead rubber game, with a 2-0 lead comfortably in hand, Smriti put up one more spectacular performance with the bat to take the Irish bowlers to cleaners as she hit her tenth ODI hundred in 70 deliveries.

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Through this, she went past regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's record of hitting the fastest ton, which came off in 87 balls against South Africa in Bengaluru last year. Smriti eventually made 135 off 80 balls – laced with 12 fours and seven sixes at a strike-rate of 170.9.

She was involved in a record 233-run opening partnership with Pratika Rawal, which is the most by an Indian women’s opening pair in home ODI matches. Smriti also becomes the first Indian woman to hit 10 ODI centuries and is just the third opener after Meg Lanning (15) and Suzie Bates (13) to have 50-over tons in double digits.

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The left-handed opener had previously scored 41 and 73 in the first two games against Ireland, with the fifty helping India post 370/5 – their highest ever ODI total. Smriti, the left-handed opener, had a productive 2024 with the bat – making 736 runs in 21 T20I innings.

But it was in ODIs in 2024, when she was really prolific - aggregating 747 runs in 13 ODIs, at an average of 57.46 and strike rate of 95.15, with four hundreds and three half-centuries as well. The efforts were sufficient enough for Smriti to get nominated for the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year award for 2024.

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