Over the years, Smriti Mandhana has been a prolific batswoman for Team India. She also achieved a massive feat by becoming the first-ever Indian woman to score centuries in all three formats of the game
Mandhana is also the second-leading run-scorer in the T20Is. In 153 matches, she has scored 3982 runs with her career best score of 112 runs. She is sitting just behind New Zealand's Suzannah Bates' tally of 4716 runs in 177 matches
She also holds the record for the most number of half-centuries in the shortest format of the game. So far, having represented India in 153 T20I matches, the left-hander has registered 32 fifty-plus scores in the format, which is the most by any batswoman in the history of women's cricket
She also holds the record for the player to score the most runs in a calendar year in T20Is. In the year 2024, Mandhana smashed 763 runs in 23 matches, with a top score of 77 runs. She also had eight half-centuries in that year
The 29-year-old cricketer also enjoys the top spot on the list of players to score the most nineties in One-Day Internationals. The left-hander has so far played 103 ODIs for India and has registered six 90s in her career
In the 50-over format, she is at the pinnacle of the list with players to score the most runs in an ODI series. Featuring in 24 ODIs in 2022-23, she amassed 1358 runs with a highest score of 136 runs
The year 2024 was truly inspiring for Smriti Mandhana, the ODI batswoman. In that year, the Mumbai-born cricketer registered the most number of centuries, which is four in 13 ODIs. To date, the record remains untouched
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