Smriti Mandhana shattered an array of records during her magnificent maiden Test century as India progressed to 231/3 in the second day’s opening session of the Pink-ball Test against Australia at Carrara Oval on Friday.

Mandhana became the first Indian woman to hit a century in Day-night Tests and also the first from the country to reach three figures in the game’s traditional format on Australian soil. Overall, Mandhana became the second woman to score a hundred in Pink-ball Test after Australia all-rounder Elyse Perry.

Mandhana scored 127 off 216 balls with the help of 22 boundaries and a six at the Carrara Oval to break the 72-year-old Test record of the highest score by overseas women batter. Earlier, Molly Hide had registered the highest score of unbeaten 124 in 1949.

Mandhana wouldn’t have added anything to her overnight score of 80 in the second over of Day 2 but Perry overstepped. Replays showed that the catch too might have been debatable. The India opener, however, overcame the early jitters and went about her business professionally while playing some lovely shots, including a magnificent straight drive off Annabel Sutherland.

Mandhana finally fell to Ashleigh Gardner after scoring a magnificent 127 off 216 balls with India placed at 195/2 in 68.1 overs. Raut walked off after a caught behind appeal despite the umpire not entertaining Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning’s loud shouts.

Aakash Chopra congratulated the batter and wrote that it was the first of the many centuries to come from Mandhana’s bat.