Smriti Mandhana sets world record with fourth century of the year

India’s women’s cricket team batter, Smriti Mandhana, has set a world record.

According to foreign media reports, during the third ODI against Australia played on Wednesday, Smriti Mandhana scored a century. While her century did not help India win the match, it earned her a place in the record books.

Mandhana scored 105 runs in the match, marking her fourth century in ODIs this year.

With this achievement, she has set a new record for the most centuries in a calendar year by an Indian women's cricketer.

Before this, seven female cricketers had scored three centuries in a single year. Mandhana's latest century brought her total number of ODI centuries to nine.