India Women vice-captain Smriti Mandhana made history on Wednesday at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh when she scored her 12th ODI century. š„ CLASS WRITTEN ALL OVER!Smriti Mandhana smashes a brilliant 77-ball century against Australia. š®š³š pic.twitter.com/ujsam15NJF — CricketGully (@thecricketgully) September 17, 2025 The innings, which came against Australia, saw Mandhana join Suzie Bates from New Zealand and Tammy Beaumont from England as the record holders of most women's ODI centuries as an opener. Mandhana has 12 ODI centuries in as few as 106 innings since 2013, with more than 4,700 runs at a greater than 47 average, second only to Suzie Bates in aggregate runs as a woman opener. Also Read | Who is Mahieka Sharma? Model Rumoured to Be Dating Hardik Pandya Most Centuries as an Opener in WODIs Player Country Span Innings Runs HS Ave 100s 50s Suzie Bates NZ-W 2006-2025 130 5059 151 43.23 12 33 Smriti Mandhana IND-W 2013-2025 106 4763* 136 47.15 12 33 Tammy Beaumont ENG-W 2012-2025 113 4460 168* 42.47 12 23 Charlotte Edwards ENG-W 1997-2015 117 4048 173* 37.83 9 30 Hailey Matthews WI-W 2014-2025 82 2678 141 34.77 9 6 Sent in to bat first, Mandhana carried on her scoring spree. The stylish southpaw completed her century in 77 balls, dispatching a flighted six over mid-off. This is the second-quickest century in ODIs for India, only behind her own 70-ball hundred against Ireland in Rajkot this year. Indian Women's Fastest Hundreds in ODIs Balls Faced Player Against Venue Year 70 Smriti Mandhana IRE-W Rajkot 2025 77 Smriti Mandhana AUS-W Mullanpur 2025 82 Harmanpreet Kaur ENG-W Chester-le-Street 2025 87 Harmanpreet Kaur SA-W Bengaluru 2024 89 Jemimah Rodrigues SA-W Colombo RPS 2025 Mandhana is joint-third for career centuries in women's ODIs, after Meg Lanning (15) and Bates (13). She is also the first and only player to register three or more centuries in two different calender years, previously recording four tons in 2024. Mandhana also becomes the only India Women player to have three centuries against two different nations. Also Read | Smriti Mandhana Tops ICC Women’s ODI Rankings, Surpasses Nat Sciver-Brunt Most ODI Hundreds vs an Opponent (IND-W) Centuries Player Against 3 Mithali Raj SL-W 3 Harmanpreet Kaur ENG-W 3 Smriti Mandhana SA-W 3 Smriti Mandhana AUS-W After her 58 in the opening ODI of the three-match series, Mandhana re-climbed to the top ICC women's ODI batting ranking, demonstrating her peak form before the home World Cup later this month. She has already hit hundreds in all forms of women's cricket and finished 2024 with 1,602 runs from 36 games, a top score of 149 against South Africa in Chennai. Mandhana's innings proves her consistency and the power to overpower bowling attacks, and she is an integral player for India in the impending Women's World Cup 2025.