Smriti Mandhana , the vice-captain of India has brought another feather in an already shining career and she is rewriting the record books with a spectacular show of strength hitting. In the third and final ODI with Australia at the Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi , the glamorously dressed opener smoked to a 50 in only 23 balls making her the fastest Indian woman to do so in ODI cricket.
It is with this knock that Mandhana beat the record of Richa Ghosh of 26-ball fifty , achieved against New Zealand in the 2021-22 season. The new list of fastest fifties by Indian women has Mandhana at the top with Ghosh, Veda Krishnamurthy (32 balls) and Harmanpreet Kaur and Sabbhineni Meghana (33 balls each) coming next .
The innings was in India pursuing all the mammoth 413-run target which Australia had fixed, having achieved their top ODI run before the match. As usual, Mandhana lived up to the fearless reputation of having charged upon the Australian bowlers and unleashed a torrent of sharp drives, vicious pulls and creative shots across the infield. She had already sprinted to her milestone by the fifth over, with india having reached 52 already , having lost her first opening partner Pratika at a very cheap rate.
The record breaking performance of Mandhana is not just a statistical stunt but it is rather representative of the face of Indian women in cricket that is changing. No more satisfied with tentative beginnings, such players as Mandhana and Ghosh have demonstrated that the batting order of India can match the lethality of the finest in the world.
The innings was the stimulus to the crowd at Delhi, who cheered all the boundaries and sixes as the pursuit became more and more swift. Although the result of the game was still in the balance, the hit gave customers an idea of the type of rough cricketing that is rapidly establishing itself as the India brand.
The entire series finale, with Sportstar reporting everything with live commentary and discussing the event's outcomes in-depth will not only be remembered because of the massive total that Australia scored, but also because of the blitz that Mandhana gave, a move that further proves that she is one of the most dangerous batters in the women game.
Month: Current Affairs - September 20, 2025
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