Printed on: Dec 28, 2025 09:01 pm IST
In a year where she has rushed previous plenty of world records, one other joins Smriti Mandhana’s honours list throughout her 80(forty eight) against Sri Lanka.
Smriti Mandhana caps off her implausible 2025 with one other file despatched tumbling. The left-handed Indian opener surpassed the 5-digit label in worldwide cricket, scoring her 10,000th bustle in ladies folk’s internationals and joining an out of the ordinary club of splendid three assorted gamers.
27 looking the label heading into the fourth India vs Sri Lanka T20I in Trivandrum, Mandhana eased previous the label to be half of compatriot Mithali Raj besides to Recent Zealand’s Suzie Bates and England’s Charlotte Edwards within the rare air of gamers with 10,000+ runs in ladies folk’s cricket.
With 5322 runs in WODI cricket, 4022 runs in WT20Is, and 629 runs in her seven Take a look at suits, Mandhana took 281 worldwide appearances to attain the label – ten faster than Mithali, thereby beating her ragged captain to the file.
Most runs in ladies folk’s worldwide cricket
Mithali Raj (IND): 10,868 runs
Suzie Bates (NZ): 10,652 runs
Charlotte Edwards (ENG): 10,273 runs
SMRITI MANDHANA (IND): 10,053 runs
Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG): 8,197 runs
Mithali’s file interior Smriti’s sights
2025 has been an ravishing year for Mandhana, racking up the runs and the centuries, and serving to India scheme end their maiden Girls’s World Cup title at dwelling earlier this iciness. She now has 17 centuries across all codecs, with two in Assessments and one within the 20-over structure, but dominating ODI cricket with 14 after scoring 9 of those within the final two years.
The 29-year-mature enormous identify is at risk of surpass the plenty of contributors of the 10k club in ladies folk’s cricket: she is around 800 runs looking Raj, who leads the list, and has quite plenty of cricket left to present to take a accumulate out about at and overtake India’s iconic batter. Mandhana had earlier this year joined Raj as moral the fifth player to inappropriate 5000 runs in ODI cricket, and stands as one of splendid two gamers with 4000+ runs in ladies folk’s T20I cricket within the assist of Suzie Bates.
Mandhana’s knock against the Lankans saw her procure with 80 runs off moral forty eight deliveries, hitting 11 fours and three sixes within the principal innings. A 162-bustle opening stand with Shafali Verma helped field the stage for India, earlier than Richa Ghosh’s whirlwind knock of 40*(16) saw the hosts procure on 221/2.
