Mandhana overtook former India captain Mithali Raj, who had been the highest worldwide scorer with 10,868 runs.
Printed On 4 Sep 2026
India’s batting celebrity Smriti Mandhana has grow to be the main run-scorer in ladies’s worldwide cricket after smashing a record-breaking 124 off 64 balls within the Ladies’s Asia Cup in Dubai.
Mandhana overtook former India captain, Mithali Raj, who had been the highest worldwide scorer with 10,868 worldwide runs, throughout her match-winning innings towards Hong Kong on Thursday.
It additionally sealed India’s place within the semifinals of the T20 event.
The 30-year-old additionally turned the main century-maker in ladies’s worldwide cricket, with 18 a whole bunch throughout codecs, overtaking Australia’s Meg Lanning and South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, who’ve 17 every.
“It’s simply the beginning,” the India vice-captain mentioned after the sport.
Mandhana, who made her India debut in 2013, turned the primary Indian lady to attain worldwide centuries in all three codecs when she registered her maiden T20 worldwide hundred final 12 months.
She has two centuries every in Assessments and T20Is and 14 in one-day internationals.
“Till I used to be batting, I didn’t know what report, as a result of I didn’t know what’s the precise runs,” Mandhana mentioned, in line with Indian sports activities outlet Sportstar.
“An excellent day for Indian cricket, I’d say,” she added.
She additionally heaped reward on Mithali Raj as a “legend and a job mannequin”.
Mandhana’s knock featured 14 fours and 7 sixes as India piled up 193-5 earlier than bowling out Hong Kong for 56 to safe a 137-run victory.
She mentioned Hong Kong’s disciplined bowling made life troublesome early on.
“They have been disciplined within the powerplay, bowled very well and the vitality they confirmed was one thing we’ll study from,” mentioned Mandhana who devoted her achievement to her household.
