Mandhana achieved the feat during the Asian Games semifinal against Bangladesh women at the Korogi Sports Park, where she played a strong cameo of 37 off 19. In the process, she surpassed former New Zealand cricketer Suzie Bates to top the run-scorers’ list with 4,788 runs in 171 innings. The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah on Sunday heaped praise on India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana for becoming the leading run-scorer in T20I cricket across the men’s and women’s games.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah on Sunday heaped praise on India women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana for becoming the leading run-scorer in T20I cricket.
Coming into the game, Mandhana had 4,751 runs in 170 innings and needed to score only eight to go past the New Zealand icon, and she did that pretty early in her innings when she hit a couple of fours in her first seven balls, along with two singles. She hit 124 against Hong Kong in the Asia Cup to surpass Mithali’s tally of 10,868 runs and also hit her 18th international hundred, which was the most in women’s international cricket, taking her past the legendary Meg Lanning. Mandhana had recently become the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket as well. During the Asia Cup, she broke the record of former India skipper Mithali Raj to become the most prolific run-scorer in the women’s game. The century record was later equalled by South Africa women’s captain Laura Wolvaardt.
