Shefali-Smriti unraveled South Africa’s threads, turned the Test into an ODI, scored centuries in just this many balls

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|28-06-2024

Shefali Verma-Smriti Mandhana: While the Indian men's team is ready to face South Africa in the final match in the West Indies, the Indian women's team has defeated South Africa at home. In fact, the only test match is being played between the women's team of India and South Africa.

This match between the two teams is being played in Chennai. In this match, both the openers of Team India, Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, have fiercely beaten the African bowlers. Both the players have scored centuries without losing wickets. Both the players have scored centuries not like a Test match but like an ODI match.

In such a situation, let us tell you on how many balls both of them scored a century

Shefali Verma -Smriti Mandhana hit a century

  • Actually, after winning the toss, Team India decided to bat first, which proved to be a right decision.
  • Because for the first wicket, Indian openers Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, batting first, put a score of more than 250 on the board.
  • Along with this, both the openers have also scored centuries. Shefali and Smriti definitely played slowly in the beginning.
  • But after settling at one crease, both of them started playing their shots and scored runs quickly.

Both players scored a century

  • Despite it being a Test match, Shefali Verma scored a century in 113 balls and Smriti Mandhana scored a century in just 122 balls.
  • Let us tell you that Shefali, who comes from Haryana, hit 15 fours and 2 sixes in this century.
  • This is the first century of her international career.
    Mandhana hit a total of 19 fours in her century.
  • This is Mandhana's fourth century in the last four international matches.
    It is known that India's vice-captain Mandhana had scored two consecutive centuries in the ODI series.

Smriti Mandhana is out

  • Till the time of writing this news, Shefali Verma is playing unbeaten after scoring 141 runs.
  • Mandhana (Smriti Mandhana) was out after scoring 149 runs. She too was made a victim by Delmi Tucker.
  • Mandhana hit a total of 27 fours and 1 six in this huge innings. If we talk about the score of Team India, then batting first, they have scored 293 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.

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