Smriti Mandhana on Fr✤iday became the first Indian woman to score a century in pink-ball Test when she slammed 127 runs during the first innings of the one-off Test against Australia in Carrara Oval, Queensland. This was also the highest score by a visiting woman in Tests played in Australia.
Mandhana brought her century with a short-arm pull off Aussie all-rounder Ellyse Perry in the 52nd over. The Indian opener got a life-line on he🌞r overnight score of 80 in the second over of Day 2 but Perry overstepped.
Sachin Tendulkar, Ravichandran Ashwin a♉nd many others took to Twitter to congratulat꧑e Mandhana on achieving the record feat.
“Fantastic knock @mandhana_smriti! Many congratulations on scoring your first Test hundred. Keep scoring and inspiring!” wrote Tendulkar.
Fantastic knock !
M🐠any𓄧 congratulations on scoring your first Test hundred.
Keep scoring and inspiring! 👏🏻
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt)
“Congrats @mandhana_smriti on you first Test hundred. Wish you many more in the near future,” tweeted Ashwin.
Congrats on you first Test hundred. Wish you many mor✱e in the near future.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Playback singer Palak Muchhal too showered praise on Mandhana.
“Well played Champ! Any hundred is special but this one is remarkable! @mandhana_smriti,” Palak captioned her post.
Well played Champ!
Any hundred is special but this on♕e is remarkablꦦe! ✨— Palak Muchhal (@palakmuchhal3)
Here is how others congratulated Mandhana:
A 💯 is always special in cricket. A firstTest hundred even more. And when it comes in Australia as your country's first in the historic , words can't do justice 🎉 so proud of
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Congratulations to for her majestic 100 and for becoming the first Indian woman to score a Test century in and also on Australian soil. Her consis♒tenc🐽y is admirable. Keep shining!
— Jay Shah (@JayShah)
Alexa please play: “oh haseena zulfo vali!!!”
— Harleen Kaur Deol (@imharleenDeol)
Great stuff Maadu many more to come 🔥🔥
— Veda Krishnamurthy (@vedakmurthy08)
The Goddess of the offside.
Congratulations on your maiden test hu🎐ndred . First of many. Well playe🌺d 👏🏻— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Highest score by a visiting woman in Tests played in Australia.
A first Test hundred to remember for , first of many more to come.
Best wishes to the
Team .— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
🏏 127 runs from 216 balls
🏏 22 fours and a sixWhat an innings 👏
— ICC (@ICC)
Bringing the First 100 in style, So ♕is the first Indian woman to score a ton in a pink ball Test! What a feat, can’t get better🤙🏻
— Reema Malhotra (@ReemaMalhotra8)
Congratulations on a fir𝔍st test hundred. First of many!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
🔹 First Indian woman to score a Pink ball 💯
🔹 First Indian woman to score a 💯 on Australian soil
🔹 127 – Highest score by a visiting woman in Tests played in 🇦🇺's first Test match 💯 is definitely one to remember! 👏— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
