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Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket: Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana anchored India’s innings with a sublime 117, but Australia struck at regular intervals to bowl the hosts out for 292 in the second ODI at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.

As compared to the first ODI, India added 11 more runs to their total in the second game against Australia. But familiar frailties resurfaced as, despite registering their highest-ever total against Australia in women’s ODIs, they fell short of reaching the 300-run mark.

Smriti was the standout performer, compiling a sublime 117 off 91 balls and bringing up her century in just 77 deliveries, the second-fastest ton by an Indian woman in ODIs. Her innings was laced with elegance and aggression, as she took the Australian attack apart with 14 fours and four sixes.