Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana breaks records with 11th ODI century

Dubai: Indian opener Smriti Mandhana jumped to third place in the all-time list of most centuries in Women's ODIs.

Mandhana smashed her 11th hundred in the women’s ODIs during the tri-series final against South Africa in Colombo.

She is only behind Australia's Meg Lanning (15) and New Zealand's Suzie Bates (13). She surpassed Tammy Beaumont of England who was at the third position earlier.

The Indian opener also etched her name in the record books as she became the batter to hit most sixes in WODIs. She surpassed Harmanpreet Kaur who has blasted 53 sixes so far in her 50-over career. Mandhana also accrued third most hundreds in the women’s ODIs.

Batting first, India openers Mandhana and Pratika Rawal (30) added 70 runs for the first wicket. The left-handed batter then shared 120-run stand with Harleen Deol for the second wicket.

Although, Mandhana took 55 balls to complete her half-century, the next 66 runs came in just 46 deliveries.