Smriti Mandhana smashes India's fastest hundred in women's ODIs

Mandhana reached these milestones during the third and final ODI against Ireland at Rajkot. She scored an explosive 135 runs in 80 deliveries with 12 fours and seven sixes. Her runs came at a strike rate of 168.75.

Her century in 70 balls is the fastest by an Indian women's batter in ODIs, outdoing her regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur's 87-ball century against South Africa at Bengaluru last year. In men's cricket, the fastest ODI ton by an Indian is in the hands of star batter Virat Kohli, who reached there in just 52 balls against Australia in 2013.

Also, this is Smriti's 10th ton, making her first-ever Asian batter to reach this mark, with Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu behind her. Ahead of Mandhana are Australia's Meg Lanning , New Zealand's Suzie Bates and England's Tammy Beaumont .