Smriti Mandhana Creates History, Becomes 1st Player In The World To...

Star India batter Smriti Mandhana entered her name in the record books on Wednesday (June 17) by becoming the first player in T20I history — men’s and women’s cricket combined — to hit 600 fours. The 30-year-old left-handed opener from Maharashtra achieved the feat during India’s second Group A match of the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup against the Netherlands in Leeds.

Mandhana scored 74 runs off 47 balls, smashing 11 fours and one six. She also shared a 115-run opening partnership with Shafali Verma, who made 55 off 38 deliveries.

The 11 boundaries took Mandhana’s tally to 604 fours in women’s T20Is. She sits comfortably at the top of the list for most fours in women’s T20I cricket, ahead of Suzie Bates and Chamari Athapaththu.

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Bates has struck 521 fours in 176 innings across 183 T20I matches, while Athapaththu has accumulated 493 fours in 159 T20Is.

Most fours in women’s T20Is

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	FOURS
Smriti Mandhana	India	168	4475	604
Suzie Bates	New Zealand	183	4720	521
Chamari Athapaththu	Sri Lanka	159	3783	493
Beth Mooney	Australia	120	3562	459
Danni Wyatt-Hodge	England	182	3490	435
Gaby Lewis	Ireland	116	3059	434
Hayley Matthews	West Indies/Barbados	122	3285	432
Alyssa Healy	Australia	162	3054	409
Esha Oza	UAE	117	3403	408
Meg Lanning	Australia	132	3405	405

In men’s T20I cricket, the record for most fours belongs to Babar Azam. The Pakistan captain has hit 477 fours in 136 innings of 145 T20Is. He is followed by Paul Stirling, who has scored 449 fours in 163 T20I appearances.

Most fours in men’s T20Is

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	FOURS
Babar Azam	Pakistan	145	4596	477
Paul Stirling	Ireland	163	3895	449
Rohit Sharma	India	159	4231	383
Jos Buttler	England	155	4037	373
Virat Kohli	India	125	4188	369
David Warner	Australia	110	3277	337
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	110	3095	313
Aaron Finch	Australia	103	3120	309
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	122	3531	309
Suryakumar Yadav	India	113	3272	297

The 74-run knock by Smriti against the Netherlands helped India post a total of 209 runs in 20 overs. The total of 209 runs on Wednesday in Leeds helped India become only the second team in the world after England to score 200 runs in a Women’s T20 World Cup match.

The record of highest team total in a Women’s T20 World Cup match is held by England. The English team posted a total of 219 runs for the loss of only 1 wicket against Sri Lanka in Birmingham on June 12, 2026.