Since its announcement earlier this year in May, India's Pink Ball Test vs Australia was something all cricket fans were eagerly awaiting. But according to a report in ESPNCricinfo, BCCI failed to organise enough practice sessions for the Women's team which was going to play its first-ever Pink-Ball Test.
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Mandhana herself could only get two net sessions with the pink ball ahead of the Test match but that couldn't stop the opener from raking up a classy hundred in Carrara. Despite the rain and thunderstorms, Mandhana managed to battle through the world-class bowling on offer by Australia and stayed unbeaten on 80 overnight.
On the 2nd Day, the left-hander carved her maiden Test hundred against perhaps the toughest opposition. She is in fact the fastest Indian to score a Test hundred, beating a long-standing 19-year-old record.