Extending her imperious run, Smriti Mandhana has surpassed her former India captain Mithali Raj for many runs in addition to most a whole lot in Girls’s worldwide cricket. Mandhana received there throughout her stroke-filled 124 towards Hong Kong, China in India’s second outing on the ongoing Girls’s T20 Asia Cup 2026 in Dubai.
Earlier this season, Deepti Sharma had gone previous Jhulan Goswami’s tally of 355 wickets – in the course of the T20 World Cup in England – to prime the wickets charts.
Right here’s a take a look at all the important thing numbers highlighting Mandhana’s feat.
10880 runs for Mandhana in throughout codecs is probably the most for anybody in Girls’s worldwide cricket, surpassing Mithali Raj’s tally of 10868. Suzie Bates, Charlotte Edwards and Stafanie Taylor are the opposite batters within the 10,000 run-club.
Most runs in Girls’s worldwide cricket
| Participant | Group | Span | Matches | Runs | Checks | ODIs | T20Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smriti Mandhana | IND | 2013-2026 | 302 | 10880 | 788 | 5411 | 4681 |
| Mithali Raj | IND | 1999-2022 | 333 | 10868 | 699 | 7805 | 2364 |
| Suzie Bates | NZL | 2006-2026 | 370 | 10740 | NA | 5982 | 4758 |
| Charlotte Edwards | ENG | 1996-2016 | 309 | 10273 | 1676 | 5992 | 2605 |
| Stafanie Taylor | WI | 2008-2026 | 318 | 10007 | NA | 6341 | 3666 |
England’ Myrtle Maclagan was the primary to breach the 1000-run mark within the Girls’s recreation (Checks), and topped the charts till Rachael Heyhoe-Flint went previous her in March 1969. The early to mid Nineties noticed a musical chair contest between Janette Brittin and Debbie Hockley on the prime. Belinda Clark usurped Hockley in the course of the 2004/05 India tour, and was later surpassed by Karen Rolton in 2009. Charlotte Edwards took over the next yr, and stood on the prime for effectively over a decade, till Mithali Raj attained the pole place in July 2021.
Progressive record-holders for many runs in Girls’s internationals
*Since Myrtle Maclagan turned the primary to finish 1000 runs in Girls’s Checks at The Oval in July 1951.
| Participant | Nation | Runs | Date | Length (in days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Maclagan | England | 1007 | 30 Jul 1951 | 6,451 |
| Rachael Heyhoe-Flint | England | 1082 | 28 Mar 1969 | 8,331 |
| Jan Brittin | England | 2280 | 18 Jan 1992 | 19 |
| Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 2366 | 6 Feb 1992 | 530 |
| Jan Brittin | England | 2483 | 20 Jul 1993 | 567 |
| Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 2845 | 7 Feb 1995 | 307 |
| Jan Brittin | England | 3155 | 11 Dec 1995 | 55 |
| Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 3203 | 4 Feb 1996 | 3,250 |
| Belinda Clark | Australia | 5369 | 28 Dec 2004 | 1,533 |
| Karen Rolton | Australia | 5820 | 10 Mar 2009 | 487 |
| Charlotte Edwards | England | 6277 | 10 Jul 2010 | 4,011 |
| Mithali Raj | India | 10337 | 3 Jul 2021 | 1,888 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 10880 | 3 Sep 2026 | 1* |
An elite run
Mandhana has been in stellar kind for over two years now, a run that began with South Africa’s tour of India in June 2024. She aggregated 1362 runs in ODIs in 2025, comfortably probably the most in a calendar yr within the format, a streak that coincided with India’s World Cup successful marketing campaign at residence. Earlier than that, the T20I hundred at Trent Bridge had put her in a choose group of Girls’s cricketers to register 100 in every of the three codecs, alongside Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Beth Mooney, and Laura Wolvaardt.
Mandhana’s profession development in internationals
| Span | Matches | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debut (2013) -2017 | 61 | 62 | 1438 | 24.79 | 77.68 | 8 | 2 |
| Jan 2018 – Might 2024 | 160 | 160 | 5504 | 37.95 | 99.65 | 44 | 4 |
| Since June 2024 | 81 | 81 | 3938 | 51.14 | 110.55 | 23 | 12 |
Mandhana throughout codecs since June 2024
| Format | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | 50s | 100s | HS | Bnd% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 38 | 38 | 2169 | 58.62 | 103.08 | 9 | 9 | 136 | 14.44 |
| Checks | 3 | 5 | 308 | 61.6 | 74.39 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 11.83 |
| T20Is | 40 | 38 | 1461 | 41.74 | 139.94 | 12 | 2 | 124 | 22.79 |
18 a whole lot for Mandhana can be probably the most for anybody in Girls’s internationals, surpassing 17 every for Meg Lanning and Laura Wolvaardt. Hayley Matthews (15) is the subsequent on this listing, whereas Suzie Bates and Tammy Beaumont have 14 apiece. Mandhana has two a whole lot every in Checks and T20Is, and 14 in ODIs, second solely to Lanning’s 15.
124 – Mandhana’s 124 is now the very best particular person rating for India Girls in T20Is, as she surpassed her personal 112 scored at Trent Bridge final yr. Harmanpreet Kaur’s 103 towards New Zealand at Windfall, Guyana in the course of the T20 World Cup 2018 is the one different particular person hundred for India within the format.
It was additionally simply the second hundred within the Girls’s T20 Asia Cup historical past, after Chamari Athapaththu’s 119* towards Malaysia at Dambulla in 2024.
93 – Mandhana is now levelled with Mithali for many 50-plus scores throughout codecs at 93. Each are effectively away from the subsequent greatest Charlotte Edwards, who had 80. The left-hander recorded her thirty seventh 50-plus rating in T20Is on Thursday, the subsequent most being 33 by Beth Mooney.
95 – Mandhana now has 95 sixes in T20Is, probably the most for India, surpassing Harmanpreet’s 89. Solely Sophie Devine, Deandra Dottin and Chamari Athapaththu have hit extra in Girls’s T20Is.
7 – Mandhana hit seven maximums on Thursday, the second-most for India Girls in a T20I innings, after eight by Harmanpreet towards New Zealand at Windfall in 2018.
4 – Mandhana has turn out to be the primary cricketer to combination 500-plus runs in Girls’s T20Is in 4 completely different calendar years. Earlier than 2026, she had gone previous the mark in 2018, 2022 and 2024. 4 batters have finished that thrice every: Athapaththu (2022, 2024, 2026), Laura Wolvaardt (2023, 2024, 2026), Esha Oza (2022, 2024, 2025) and Shafali Verma (2022, 2024, 2026).
96 – The distinction between India’s top-two scorers of the day – Mandhana 124 and Shafali Verma 28 – is the very best for them in T20Is. Mandhana was part of the earlier file too, as 69 runs separated her 112 and Harleen Deol’s 43 at Trent Bridge final yr.
64.25% – Mandhana’s contribution of 64.25% to the Indian whole is the second-best for them within the format in any accomplished innings (all-out or full 20 overs). Harmanpreet’s 41 in India’s 62 all-out (66.13%) at Billericay in June 2011, tops this listing.
193/5 – India’s crew whole is the second-highest in Girls’s T20 Asia Cup, behind their very own 201/5 towards UAE in Dambulla in 2024.
137 runs – India’s victory margin of 137 is their second-highest in Girls’s T20Is, solely behind 142 runs towards Malaysia in 2018. Every of India Girls’s 4 100-plus run wins have are available multi-nation tournaments, the opposite two being by 104 runs towards UAE in Asia Cup 2022 and by 100 runs towards Barbados on the Birmingham Commonwealth Video games 2022.
