Smriti Mandhana, Shubman Gill Smriti Mandhana is close to creating new records with her bat in 2025. The Indian opener has scored 1,703 runs across formats in this calendar year, the most by any woman in a single year. She needs 62 more runs to become the top run-scorer in 2025 in both men’s and women’s international cricket and surpass Shubman Gill’s total of 1764 runs.Mandhana’s scoring at the top of the order has played a key role in the Indian women’s results this season. She has scored runs in various formats and conditions while compiling the innings for the team.
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India Women will face Sri Lanka in the fifth T20I on Tuesday. India have already taken an unassailable lead in the series and will be looking to complete a 5-0 tie.Mandhana recently became the second Indian and fourth overall among women players to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket. She achieved the milestone during the fourth T20I of the five-match series against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium on Sunday. She is the fourth batsman after Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates and Charlotte Edwards and the second Indian after Mithali Raj to reach the mark.In Test cricket, Mandhana scored 629 runs in seven matches and 12 innings at an average of 57.18, with two hundreds and three fifties. In ODIs, she has 5,322 runs from 117 matches at an average of 48.38, with 14 wickets and 34 fifties, making her the sixth highest run-scorer in the format. In T20Is, she has 4,102 runs from 157 matches at an average of 29.94, with a strike rate of 124.22, including 1,032 fifties, and is the second highest run-getter.In the fourth T20I, Mandhana scored 80 off 48 balls with 11 fours and three sixes to help India post their highest women’s T20I total of 221 for 2. India defended the total to beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs to take a 4–0 lead in the series.
