Ladies’s T20 Asia Cup, Group A, Dubai Worldwide Stadium
India Ladies 193-5 (20 overs): Mandhana 124 (64)
Hong Kong Ladies 56 (16.2 overs): D Sharma 3-9
India received by 137 runs
India’s Smriti Mandhana turned the all‑time main run‑scorer in ladies’s worldwide cricket as she scored a century within the Ladies’s Asia Cup.
The left-hander hit 124 from 64 balls in a 137-run thrashing of Hong Kong in India’s second Group A match in Dubai.
Mandhana, 30, now has 10,880 runs in all codecs, surpassing former India captain Mithali Raj’s 10,868.
“Till I used to be batting, I did not know what document as a result of I did not know what precise runs [I had scored]. However, wanting again, I would say an excellent day for Indian cricket,” mentioned Mandhana.
India posted 193-5 from 20 overs earlier than bowling Hong Kong out for 56 in 16.2.
Mandhana mentioned Raj is a “legend and a task mannequin”, and that going previous her document was one thing she “by no means imagined doing”.
Raj mentioned on X: “I’ve watched you develop from a younger participant into one of many best batters India has produced.
“To see you go previous my document and turn into the best run-scorer in worldwide cricket is a second I am genuinely pleased with. Here is to many extra runs and milestones. Hold going!”
Mandhana’s century was her 18th in all codecs, taking her previous former Australia captain Meg Lanning’s document for essentially the most in ladies’s worldwide cricket.
Group A leaders India face rivals and second-placed Pakistan on the similar venue on Saturday.
