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A test match is being played in Chennai between the Indian women's cricket team and the South African team. Team India's batting has been very good so far in this match. In the first innings of this match, Team India's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly and scored a brilliant century. Apart from this, Smriti Mandhana has also broken a special record of Team India's former captain Mithali Raj.
Smriti broke Mithali Raj's record
Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly in the first innings of the only Test match against South Africa. Smriti Mandhana played an innings of 149 runs while batting. Mandhana hit 27 fours and a brilliant six in this innings. With this, Smriti broke the record of most fours by any female cricketer in Test cricket. Which was till now in the name of former Team India captain Mithali Raj. Who hit 87 fours in Test cricket. Smriti now has 90 fours to her name.
The great form of Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana faced 122 balls for her century. This is Smriti's fourth century in the last five matches. She scored two centuries in the ODI series against South Africa. Mandhana was out after scoring 149 runs.
This incident happened for the first time in 90 years
Both the players shared a 292-run partnership for the first wicket. This is the first time in the 90-year history of women's Test cricket that an opening pair has added more than 250 runs. This is the biggest partnership for any wicket from India in Test cricket. Earlier in 2014, Thiras Kamini and Poonam Raut shared a 275-run partnership against South Africa.