Team India's star batsman and opener Smriti Mandhana has once again batted brilliantly. Mandhana also scored a century in the second match of the ongoing ODI series against South Africa. Mandhana scored a century in 103 balls at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This is the 7th century of her ODI career.

Mandhana had also scored a brilliant century in the last match. She scored 117 runs in 127 balls and Team India won that match by a huge margin of 143 runs. Now once again Mandhana has done wonders by scoring a century. Mandhana has made a big record with this century. Mandhana is the first Indian woman cricketer to score two consecutive ODI centuries.

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WHAT. A. KNOCK!

Well played, @mandhana_smriti,

That's one fine innings...

…yet again!

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Big record of Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana has scored 7 centuries in ODIs and with this she has equaled former Indian captain Mithali Raj. By the way, Mandhana is the first Indian opener to score 7 centuries in ODIs.

Mandhana has scored 7 ODI centuries in just 84 innings. On the other hand, Mithali took 211 innings to score 7 centuries. Harmanpreet Kaur is at number three with 5 centuries.

Big record of Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana has scored 7 centuries in ODIs and with this she has equaled former Indian captain Mithali Raj. By the way, Mandhana is the first Indian opener to score 7 centuries in ODIs. Mandhana has scored 7 ODI centuries in just 84 innings. On the other hand, Mithali took 211 innings to score 7 centuries. Harmanpreet Kaur is at number three with 5 centuries.

Team India's start was also slow on the slow pitch of Bengaluru. Team India could score only 28 runs in the first 10 overs. Team India completed 50 runs in 17 overs. But after this Mandhana and Hemalatha batted fast and made a partnership of 50 runs in just 57 balls. Mandhana completed her half-century in 67 balls. After Hemalatha's wicket fell, Mandhana took charge with captain Harmanpreet. Both of them put South Africa on the backfoot by making a century partnership in just 90 balls. Harmanpreet scored a half-century in 58 balls, while Mandhana managed to score a record-breaking century in 103 balls.