Indian opener Smriti Mandhana played one of the memorable knocks on Thursday (October 23), when the hosts India Women faced New Zealand Women in the must-win league stage game of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 at Navi Mumbai.
After New Zealand Women sent India Women to bat first, the hosts managed to score 340/3 in 49 overs. Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal set up the 212-run partnership for the first wicket, while both the openers slammed centuries. Smriti Mandhana scored an 88-ball century, and Pratika Rawal scored a 122-ball hundred.
Mandhana scored 109 runs off 95 balls with the help of 10 fours and four sixes. Also, Rawal scored 122 off 134 balls with 13 fours and two sixes. Later, Jemimah Rodrigues scored 76 not out off 55 balls with 11 fours.
In the rain-interrupted game, while New Zealand Women had a revised target of 325 runs in 44 overs, India Women restricted the White Ferns for 271/8 in 44 overs and claimed a 53-run win (DLS method) to secure the only remaining spot for the semi-finals of the tournament.
Here, we have brought some top records of Smriti Mandhana in this match:
Smriti Mandhana completed the century in 88 balls. It is the fastest century record by an Indian in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. The previous record was a 90-ball century by Harmanpreet Kaur against Australia Women in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 Semi-final.
Smriti Mandhana recorded her 17th century in Women’s international cricket. Former Australian cricketer Meg Lanning previously held the record of 17 centuries in Women’s international cricket, as Smriti equalled this record, and with one more century in international cricket, the Indian opener will beat this historic record.
Smriti Mandhana recorded her 14th Women’s ODI century. It was the second most centuries in Women’s ODI history, as only the former Australian cricketer Meg Lanning is ahead of her in the list of most Women’s ODI centuries with 15 WODI hundreds.
Smriti Mandhana recorded her third century in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. She equalled the record for most centuries by an Indian in the history of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, while Harmanpreet Kaur was the first Indian to record three centuries in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Smriti Mandhana recorded her fifth Women’s ODI century in 2025. After South African cricketer Tazmin Brits became the first cricketer to record five WODI centuries in the calendar year by recording a hundred against New Zealand in this tournament, Smriti equalled the record of most WODI centuries in a calendar year.
