AUS W vs IND W: Smriti Mandhana slams maiden Test ton in Gold Coast

Indian opener Smriti Mandhana scored her maiden Test century throughout the one-off Pink Ball match in opposition to Australia on Friday. Mandhana’s first Test ton got here within the fourth Test of her profession; previous to this innings, her highest rating was 78 in opposition to England, which she scored earlier this 12 months.

The left-handed batter began her innings strongly in opposition to Australia within the historic Pink Ball Test, scoring run-a-ball half-century earlier than settling down, following the arrival of spinners within the innings. Even as Shafali Verma was dismissed, Mandhana remained composed as she solid a partnership alongside Punam Raut, ending the rain-hit first day at 80*.

On her second supply of Day 2, Mandhana was caught by Beth Mooney on the cover-point area; nevertheless, she dramatically survived after the supply was deemed a no-ball as Ellyse Perry overstepped the mark.

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The Indian batter remained unfazed, nevertheless, as she scored with appreciable tempo. She finally reached the three-figure mark within the 52nd over of the innings with a boundary within the midwicket area of Perry.

Mandhana turned the primary Indian ladies’s cricketer to attain a Test century on Australian soil, in addition to the primary to attain a century in ladies’s Pink Ball Test for India.