Jemima Rodrigues created a special record list by hitting a century in 89 balls against SA, SA
Jemimah rodrigues records: Indian women’s cricket team (India women’s cricket team) Star batter Jemima Rodrigues (Jemimah rodrigues) On Wednesday, May 7, in the fifth match of the ODI Tri -series against South Africa at the R Premdasa Stadium in Colombo, he played a brilliant century of 123 runs on 101 balls and created history with it. Significantly, he has made it to a special record list on the strength of his century innings.
Yes, this has happened. In fact, Jemima Rodrigues scored 15 fours and 1 six against South Africa, scoring 123 runs during which he completed his century in just 89 balls. Let us tell you that Jemima has now reached the third position in the list of women players who have scored the fastest century in ODI cricket for India.
Significantly, this century of Jemima is the third fastest century in India Women’s ODI cricket history. Also know that the record of scoring the fastest century in ODI format for the India Women’s team is recorded in the name of star batter Smriti Mandhana, who scored a century in just 70 balls against Ireland in 2025.
The fastest ODI century for Indian women’s cricket team
Smriti Mandhana – Century vs. Ireland (2025) in 70 balls
Harmanpreet Kaur – Century vs South Africa (2024) in 87 balls
Jemima Rodrigues – 89 Ball Century vs South Africa (2025)
Harmanpreet Kaur – Century vs Australia (2017) in 90 balls
Jemima Rodrigues – Century vs Ireland (2025) in 90 balls
Team India scored 337 runs in 50 overs
Talk about the In-W Vs SA-W match, South Africa decided to bowl first after winning the toss at R Premdasa Stadium, after which Team India scored 337 runs in 50 overs on the strength of Jemima (123), Deepti Sharma (93), and Smriti Mandhana (51), losing 9 wickets in 50 overs.
By the time this news is written, the South Africa team has scored 237 runs losing 5 wickets in 43 overs. From here, he needs 101 runs on 42 balls to win this match. In such a situation, it will be quite interesting to see which team this match wins from here.
