Mullanpur, Sept. 17 -- A handful of records toppled when vice-captain Smriti Mandhana notched the fastest ton in ODIs for India at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium during the second fixture against Australia on Wednesday.

Barely a day after becoming the number one Women's ODI batter, Mandhana put her prolific form on exhibition in Mullanpur after being sent to bat first. With a swashbuckling performance, Mandhana cantered to her 12th ODI ton to level England's Tammy Beaumont's tally of centuries in the format. Manadhana needed just 106 innings to carve her name in history, while Beaumont achieved the same in 130.

On the first delivery of the 29th over, she thumped the ball for a four and celebrated her hundred...