Smriti Mandhana was on fire for Team India on Sunday (December 28) against Sri Lanka. In the fourth T20I of the ongoing five-match series, the left-handed batter from Sangli opened the innings for the Harmanpreet
Kaur-led side at Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram and scored 80 runs from 48 balls. During her stay at the crease, the 29-year-old top-order batter hammered 11 fours and 3 sixes and also added 162 runs in 92 balls for the first wicket with Shafali Verma (79 runs from 46 balls; 12 fours and 1 six).
The 80-run knock by Smriti on Sunday helped her win the Player Of The Match award, and it also helped her enter her name in the history books by becoming the first player in the world to score more than 1700 runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket.
The previous record of scoring the most runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket was also in the name of Mandhana. The vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team amassed a total of 1659 runs in 35 matches across formats last year, and in the ongoing calendar year 2025, she has scored 1703 runs in 32 matches played so far.
Most runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket (Tests+ODIs+T20Is)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | INNINGS | RUNS | YEAR |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 32 | 1703 | 2025 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 35 | 1659 | 2024 |
| Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | 37 | 1593 | 2024 |
| Laura Wolvaardt | South Africa | 26 | 1364 | 2025 |
| Nat Sciver-Brunt | England | 32 | 1346 | 2022 |
In 2025, Mandhana has scored 1362 runs in 23 ODIs and 341 runs in nine T20I matches. She is the only cricketer in the world to score more than 1000 runs in a calendar year in women’s ODIs.
Smriti Mandhana in 2025
| FORMAT | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST | AVERAGE | S/R | 100/50 | 4/6s |
| ODIs | 23 | 23 | 1362 | 135 | 61.90 | 109.92 | 5/5 | 165/32 |
| T20Is | 9 | 9 | 341 | 112 | 37.88 | 135.85 | 1/2 | 50/7 |
| Total | 32 | 32 | 1703 | 135 | — | — | 6/7 | 215/39 |
In 2024, Smriti amassed a total of 149 runs in one Test, 747 runs in 13 ODIs and 763 runs in 23 T20Is.
In the list of batters with the most runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket, Smriti is followed by South Africa’s captain, Laura Wolvaardt. Wolvaardt, who finished as the highest run-getter in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 and also slammed a century in the semifinal and final of that tournament, scored 1593 runs in 37 matches played across formats last year.
In addition to breaking her own record of scoring the most runs in a calendar year in women’s cricket on Sunday, Mandhana also broke Harmanpreet Kaur’s record of hitting the most sixes for India in the 20-over format of the game.
Most sixes in women’s T20Is for India
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Smriti Mandhana | 157 | 4102 | 80 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 186 | 3716 | 78 |
| Shafali Verma | 94 | 2457 | 69 |
| Richa Ghosh | 71 | 1108 | 39 |
| Jemimah Rodrigues | 115 | 2479 | 22 |
Most sixes in women’s T20Is
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Deandra Dottin | West Indies | 138 | 3004 | 129 |
| Sophie Devine | New Zealand | 146 | 3431 | 114 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Sri Lanka | 150 | 3559 | 95 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 157 | 4102 | 80 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | India | 186 | 3716 | 78 |
Smriti also became the fourth batter in the world after Mithali Raj, Charlotte Edwards and Suzie Bates to score more than 10,000 runs in women’s cricket.
Most runs in women’s cricket
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | RUNS (Tests) | RUNS (ODIs) | RUNS (T20Is) | TOTAL |
| Mithali Raj | India | 699 | 7805 | 2364 | 10,868 |
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | — | 5936 | 4716 | 10.652 |
| Charlotte Edwards | England | 1676 | 5992 | 2605 | 10,273 |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 629 | 5322 | 4102 | 10,053 |
Fastest to 10,000 runs in women’s cricket
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | INNINGS |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | 280 |
| Mithali Raj | India | 291 |
| Charlotte Edwards | England | 308 |
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | 314 |
Smriti joined the 10,000-run club in just 280 innings. She is the fastest batter in the world to score 10,000 runs in women’s cricket.
