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Mandhana has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India.
Smriti Mandhana creates history: The last ODI match of the three-match series between the Indian women’s cricket team and New Zealand was played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where Team India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this, the host team has also won the series by 2-1.
However, during the match, Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana made a big record. He created history by scoring a brilliant century in the third ODI against New Zealand. She has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. She has left behind Mithali Raj, who had scored 7 centuries in 232 ODI matches. Mandhana has achieved this feat only in her 88th match.
Smriti Mandhana (88 matches) – 8 centuries
Mithali Raj (232 matches) – 7 centuries
Harmanpreet Kaur (135 matches) – 6 centuries
A historic hundred🙌pic.twitter.com/bacFaAOtIe
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 29, 2024
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Talking about the match, New Zealand women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision did not prove correct and he lost his 5 wickets at the score of 88. After this, Brooke Halliday played an inning of 86 runs in 96 balls, taking the team to the score of 232 runs.
Apart from them, Georgia Plimmer contributed 39 runs, Isabella Gage contributed 25 runs and Lee Tahuhu contributed 24 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took maximum three wickets, while Priya Mishra got 2 wickets.
In response, the Indian team achieved the target by losing four wickets in the 45th over. Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls, which included 10 fours. Their captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored unbeaten 59 runs. Whereas Yastika Bhatia contributed 35 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 22 runs.
Earlier, in the first match of the series, the Indian team had won by 59 runs, while in the second ODI match, the Kiwi team had won by 76 runs.
