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Download Solution PDFIn a historic moment in women's cricket who became the first Indian woman to score a test hundred on Australian soil?
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AP High Court Assistant Examiner 28 Nov 2021 Shift 2 Official Paper
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Option 4 : Smriti Mandhana
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Smriti Mandhana.
Key Points
- Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman to reach a Test hundred on Australian soil, making history for women's cricket.
- On the second day of the first pink ball day and night test, She scored a century.
- she finished her century to help India's first innings take shape.
- This game took place at Queensland, Australia's Carrara Oval.
- She hit 22 fours and a six, totalling 127 runs.
Additional Information
- The fashionable southpaw Smriti Mandhana seemed at ease from ball one of her first-ever day/night Test.
- She was handling the deadly Australian bowling assault with ease.
- The 25-year-old has surpassed Molly Hide of England, who struck 124 in 1949.
- She is the visiting batter with the highest individual score in a women's Test in Australia.
- She also made history by being the first Indian woman to strike a century in a pink-ball Test in the process.
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