Smriti Mandhana Breaks Record Of Scoring Fastest 100 Against Australia In WODIs

Star Indian opening batter Smriti Mandhana entered her name in the history books on Wednesday, September 17, by breaking the record for scoring the fastest century in women’s ODIs against Australia. The left-handed batter needed just 77 balls in Mullanpur to complete her century during the second ODI of the ongoing three-match series between India and Australia.

Before Smriti, the record of scoring the fastest century in WODIs against Australia was in the name of star English batter Nat Sciver-Burnt. Sciver-Brunt completed her century in 79 balls against Australia during the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup match played in Hamilton on March 5, 2022.

Fastest 100s in Women’s ODIs against Australia

PLAYER	COUNTRY	BALLS	VENUE	YEAR
Smriti Mandhana	India	77	Mullanpur	2025
Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	79	Hamilton	2022
Lizelle Lee	South Africa	86	North Sydney	2016
Harmanpreet Kaur	India	90	Derby	2017
Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	90	Christchurch	2022

The century by Mandhana in 77 balls on Wednesday is the

second-fastest century by an Indian in the 50-over format of the game.

Fastest 100s for India Women in ODIs

BALLS	PLAYER	OPPOSITION	VENUE	YEAR
70	Smriti Mandhana	Ireland	Rajkot	2025
77	Smriti Mandhana	Australia	Mullanpur	2025
82	Harmanpreet Kaur	England	Chester-le-Street	2025
87	Harmanpreet Kaur	South Africa	Bengaluru	2024
89	Jemimah Rodriguez	South Africa	Colombo	2025

Mandhana has now scored 12 centuries in women’s ODIs. Only two batters – Meg Lanning of Australia and Suzie Bates of New Zealand – have crossed the 100-run mark more times in the 50-over format of the game than her.

Lanning finished her career with 15 centuries in 103 ODIs whereas Bates have 13 centuries to her credit in 171 matches played so far.

Most 100s in women’s ODIs

PLAYER	COUNTRY	MATCHES	RUNS	100s
Meg Lanning	Australia	103	4602	15
Suzie Bates	New Zealand	171	5896	13
Smriti Mandhana	India	107	4763	12
Tammy Beaumont	England	132	4528	12
Hayley Matthews	West Indies	99	3074	9

Mandhana, who got out after scoring 117 runs from 91 balls on Wednesday, added 70 runs in 11.3 overs for the first wicket with Pratika Rawal (25), 49 runs for the second wicket with Harleen Deol (10) and 40 runs for the fourth wicket with Deepti Sharma.

In the first ODI of the ongoing series, Mandhana scored 58 runs from 63 balls. In that fixture she hammered six fours and two sixes during her stay at the crease, and on Wednesday, Mandhana smacked 14 fours and four sixes.