In the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, the Indian team played its sixth match against New Zealand on 23 October (Thursday). In this match held at DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, opening batsmen Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal have performed amazingly for the Indian team. Both the batsmen completed their centuries.
Smriti Mandhana Facing 95 balls, he scored 109 runs, which included 10 fours and four sixes. This was the 14th century of Smriti Mandhana’s women’s ODI career. Only Meg Lanning has scored more centuries than Smriti in Women’s ODI. On the other hand, Pratika Rawal scored 122 runs in 134 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. This was Pratika’s first century in the Women’s World Cup.
Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana together made a partnership of 212 runs for the first wicket. If seen, Mandhana has scored five centuries in Women’s ODI this year. She equaled South Africa’s Tajamin Britts in terms of most centuries in Women’s ODI in a calendar year.
Most centuries in Women’s ODI
15- Meg Lanning (Australia)
14- Smriti Mandhana (India)
13- Suzie Bates (New Zealand)
12- Tammy Beaumont (England)
10- Nat Sciver-Brunt (England)
Most centuries in a calendar year (Women’s ODI)
5- Tajmin Brits (South Africa), 2025
5- Smriti Mandhana (India), 2025
4- Smriti Mandhana (India), 2024
Pratika Rawal and Smriti Mandhana have added a total of 1557 runs as openers this year. This is the second highest partnership runs in ODI cricket in a single calendar year. Mandhana-Prateika have now overtaken Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Rohit-Shubhman had added 1523 runs as opening batsmen in the year 2023. Mandhana-Pratika have made a partnership of 200 or more for the second time in Women’s ODI. This is the third time in the Women’s World Cup, when both the opening batsmen for a team played century innings in a match.
Most partnership runs in an ODI calendar year (both men and women)
1635- Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (India), 1998
1557- Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal (India), 2025
1523- Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill (India), 2023
1518- Adam Gilchrist & Mark Waugh (Australia), 1999
1483- Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (India), 2000
200 plus partnerships twice in Women’s ODI
2- Meg Lanning & Elissa Perry
2- Tammin Britts & Laura Wolvaardt
2- Tammy Beaumont & Amy Jones
2- Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal
Centuries of both openers in Women’s ODI World Cup innings
Lynn Thomas & Enid Bakewell (England) v World XI, Hove, 1973
Lindsay Reeler & Ruth Buckstein (Australia) v Netherlands, Perth, 1988
Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Raval (India) vs New Zealand, Navi Mumbai, 2025
Women’s ODI World Cup Two 150-plus partnerships (for any wicket)
Belinda Clark & Lisa Keatley (Australia) – 1997 & 2000
Rachael Haynes & Alyssa Healy (Australia) – 2022
Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal (India)- 2025
Highest century opening partnership in women’s ODI
10- Belinda Clark & Lisa Keatley (Australia)
7- Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal (India)
7- Rachael Haynes & Alyssa Healy (Australia)
7- Tajmin Britts & Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
7- Liesel Lee & Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
Highest century partnership (for any wicket) in a calendar year
5- Belinda Clark & Lisa Keightley (Australia), 2000
5- Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal (India), 2025
4- Suzy Bates & Rachel Priest (New Zealand), 2015
4- Tajmin Brits & Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa), 2025
Smriti Mandhana has now become the batsman to hit the most sixes in Women’s ODI in a calendar year. He defeated Liezel Lee. Mandhana has hit 31 sixes in Women’s ODI this year. On the other hand, Pratika Raval has jointly completed the fastest thousand runs in Women’s ODI in terms of innings.
Most sixes in a calendar year (Women’s ODI)
31*- Smriti Mandhana (India), 2025
28- Lizelle Lee (South Africa), 2017
21- Deandra Dottin (West Indies), 2013
21- Chloe Tryon (South Africa), 2017
21- Chamari Atapattu (Sri Lanka), 2023
Fastest 1000 runs in Women’s ODI (by innings)
23 – Lindsay Reeler (Australia)
23 – Prateek Rawal (India)
25 – Meg Lanning (Australia)
25 – Nicole Bolton (Australia)
27 – Belinda Clark (Australia)
27 – Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
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