vice captain of india Smriti Mandhana On Sunday, December 28, 2025, she registered her name in the list of cricket greats and became the fastest player to score 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket. The left-handed opening batsman achieved the historic feat during the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium, further cementing his status as the premier batsman of the modern era.
Smriti Mandhana has left behind the giants and made a big record in her name.
Mandhana, who entered the match, needed only 27 runs to reach this point. He achieved the feat in clinical fashion during the seventh over and took only 281 innings to cross the 10,000-run mark across all formats. By doing this he broke the previous record of former Indian captain Mithali RajWho reached this milestone in 291 innings. The star opener is now only the fourth woman in history to join the exclusive “10k club” and is also the youngest to do so.
Masterclass in Thiruvananthapuram
This milestone was the beginning of Mandhana’s dominance that night. He played a brilliant inning of 80 runs in 48 balls with the help of 11 fours and three skyscraper sixes. with your opening partner Shafali VermaMandhana stitched a record partnership of 162 runs for the first wicket, helping India reach a mammoth total of 221/2, the team’s highest score so far in women’s T20Is. In this innings, Mandhana overtook Harmanpreet Kaur to become the player with the most number of sixes for India in the T20I format, and also recorded her 32nd fifty-plus score in the shortest format – the most by any woman globally.
Fastest to 10,000 international runs in women’s cricket
1) Smriti Mandhana: As mentioned above, Mandhana achieved this feat during the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka when she played a brilliant inning of 80 runs with an impressive strike-rate of 166.67. His emphatic innings not only helped India reach their highest score in the shortest format but also laid the foundation for the hosts’ 30-run win.
2) Mithali Raj: Mithali was the first Indian woman and second player overall to reach this five-figure score. He achieved the feat during the ODI match against South Africa in Lucknow on March 12, 2021. She reached this milestone in her 291st international innings. Known for her incredible longevity (up to 23 years), she is currently the all-time leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket with 10,868 runs.
3) Charlotte Edwards: The legendary England player was the first woman in history to cross the 10,000-run mark in international cricket. She reached this milestone in 2016 and it took her 308 innings to reach there. A classic batsman and long-serving England captain, Edwards retired with 10,273 international runs, holding the record for most runs for many years.
4) Suzy Bates: Bates became the third woman to enter this exclusive club and the first New Zealander to do so. She reached this milestone during the T20I against England on July 12, 2024. It took him 314 innings to cross this limit. Bates is a unique entry in this list as she reached this milestone without even playing a Test match, relying solely on her dominance in ODIs and T20Is.
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