Smriti Mandhana's dominating show with the bat at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham on June 28 helped Team India hand Team England their heaviest defeat in the history of T20I cricket.
In her absence, Smriti Mandhana took over the leadership responsibility and did an exceptional job. India were invited to bat first after losing the toss, and Mandhana opened the innings with the returning Shafali Verma.
After that, Mandhana built another solid partnership with Harleen Deol of 94 runs in just 45 balls. During that stand, Mandhana completed her terrific T20I century off 51 balls in the 16th over with a four.
With the ball, India women's bowlers fired as a unit and bundled out England women's for 113 in 14.5 overs to hand the Women's Lions their biggest defeat in T20I history by 97 runs.
Smriti Mandhana becomes the first Indian to score a ton across formats in women’s international cricket
Mandhana created and shattered several records with her epin ton in the match. She became the first Indian cricketer to smash a ton across all three formats of women's international cricket and overall fifth to achieve the feat after Heather Knight, Tammy Beaumont, Laura Wolvaardt, and Beth Mooney.
Mandhana's ton also helped her join Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, KL Rahul, and Shubman Gill as the only Indian players to hit centuries across all three formats. Also, she is just the third Indian after KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma to hit centuries across formats outside Asia.
I had a habit of getting out in the 70s and 80s - Smriti Mandhana
"It took a long time coming. I had a habit of getting out in the 70s and 80s. Me and my teammates before the series were talking, high time I get a hundred. I was timing the ball well.
"The way Harleen Deol batted was great. For her to come in and the way she batted, she got the momentum going after the fall of Shafali. The conversation we had was if we bowl against the wind, we had to bowl it slower. Tried to get Nat off the strike as much as possible. Richa's catch diving across was brilliant. Just the start, we need to keep the momentum and get into good habits," she further said.
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