Navi Mumbai: Openers Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal struck contrasting centuries and shared a massive 212-run partnership as India piled on 340/3 against New Zealand in a rain-interrupted 49-overs-a-side match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

While Smriti Mandhana was aggressive in her approach and hammered ten boundaries and three sixes in her 109 off 95 balls, Pratika dropped the anchor and compiled a superb 122 off 134 balls, hitting 13 boundaries and two sixes as India made hay on a pristine, dry pitch that was quite good for batting. Mandhana scored her 14th hundred in ODIs, Rawal compiled her second ODI hundred and first in the World Cup.

India’s much-maligned top order finally came good as Jemimah Rodrigues, brought into

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