Smriti Mandhana scored the 8th century of her career in her 88th match. With this, she left behind former Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj's record of 7th century in 211 innings. In this case, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur is at third position with six centuries.
Smriti Mandhana faced 121 balls and completed her century with the help of 10 fours. Thanks to her brilliant innings, the Indian women's cricket team achieved the target by scoring 236 runs losing 4 wickets in 44.2 overs. Apart from Mandhana, captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored a brilliant half-century. The Indian captain faced 63 balls and played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs with 6 fours.
By winning the third and last ODI, the Indian women's cricket team has won the series 2-1. In the first match of the series, the Indian team won by 59 runs, while the Kiwi team won the second ODI by 76 runs.
Right arm offbreak bowler Deepti Sharma was the most successful bowler from India. He took 3 wickets for 39 runs in 10 overs, which also included 2 maiden overs. Apart from this, Priya Mishra dismissed 2 players while Saima Thakur and Renuka Singh dismissed 1 player each. For New Zealand, Hannah Rowe took 2 wickets while Sophie Devine and Fran Jonas took 1 wicket each.
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