Smriti Mandhana slams maiden T20I hundred in series opener vs England

Smriti Mandhana is also the first Indian player and fifth player overall in women's cricket to score a ton in all three formats

The Indian women’s team, who are looking for their first multi-match T20I series win in England, started their task in style at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, as Smriti Mandhana—who is leading the Indian team in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, ruled out of the match due to a hand injury—scored her maiden Women’s T20I hundred in just 51 balls. Before this, Mandhana’s best in T20Is was 87 against Ireland. She added 77 runs for the first wicket with Shafali Verma (20) and 94 runs for the second with Harleen Deol (43) to put India en route to a big first innings. Mandhana finished her innings at 112 off 62 balls with the help of 15 boundaries and three sixes, as India ended thier innings at 210 for 5 setting a big 211 runs chase for England.  Mandhana is also the first Indian player and fifth player overall in women's cricket to score a ton in all three formats. Excpet her England's Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont, South Afrrica's Laura Wolvaardt and Australia's Beth Monney also have this unique feat to their name. 

 

Most T20I fifties record

 

Smriti Mandhana currently holds the record for most WT20I half-centuries, with a total of 30 fifties to her name. New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates are next with 28 fifties, while Australia’s Beth Mooney is third with 27 fifties to her name.

 

Most T20I half-centuries in women’s cricket

 

Rank	Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	50s
1	Smriti Mandhana	India	149	143	3851	30
2	Suzie Bates	New Zealand	177	174	4716	28
3	Beth Mooney	Australia	112	106	3381	27
4	Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	126	123	3426	22
5	Sophie Devine	New Zealand	146	142	3431	21
6	Hayley Matthews	WI/Barbados	112	112	2975	19
7	Danni Wyatt	England	174	152	3207	19
8	Alyssa Healy	Australia	162	143	3054	17
9	Mithali Raj	India	89	84	2364	17
10	Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	136	129	2881	17
11	Sarah Taylor	England	90	87	2177	16
12	Harmanpreet Kaur	India	178	158	3589	14
13	Deandra Dottin	WI/Barbados	138	135	3004	14
14	Tazmin Brits	South Africa	68	65	1719	14
15	Chamari Athapaththu	Sri Lanka	146	143	3458	13
16	Gaby Lewis	Ireland	94	94	2318	13
17	Lizelle Lee	South Africa	82	82	1896	13
18	Laura Wolvaardt	South Africa	83	77	2088	12
19	Esha Oza	UAE	95	93	2588	10