India opener Smriti Mandhana reached the landmark of 10,000 international runs on Sunday.
Smriti Mandhana becomes fastest woman to 10,000 international runs
In the fourth of five T20Is against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, India beat the visitors by 30 runs after the victory was set up by their batting unit, which posted 221-2.
Star opener Smriti Mandhana top-scored with 80 off 48 balls, putting on 162 with Shafali Verma (79) in 15.2 overs – India's highest-ever opening partnership in the format. The same pair also place second and third with stands of 143 in 2019 and 137 in 2024.
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In the course of her knock, Mandhana crossed the milestone of 10,000 runs in international cricket, becoming just the fourth player to do so in women's cricket, after Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates and Charlotte Edwards. She is also the fastest to the mark, in 281 innings. Raj took 291, Edwards 308 and Bates 314.
Across genders, Mandhana is the 10th-fastest Indian to the mark, beating Rohit Sharma and Dilip Vengsarkar's 290 innings; she is still perhaps naturally disadvantaged by the lack of Test cricket played by India's women's team compared to the men. Only seven of Mandhana's 281 international matches (2.5 per cent) have been Tests, and they have yielded 629 of her 10,053 runs (6.25 per cent).
For context, when India's record-holder Virat Kohli made it to 10,000 international runs, 33 of his 216 internationals (15.3 per cent) were Tests, and his 2,547 runs in the format accounted for over a quarter of his total at the time.
Fastest to 10,000 international runs for India (men + women)
Name | Innings |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 232 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 244 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 253 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 256 |
| Rahul Dravid | 257 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 261 |
| Gautam Gambhir | 266 |
| VVS Laxman | 274 |
| Virender Sehwag | 278 |
| Smriti Mandhana | 281 |
| Rohit Sharma | 290 |
| Dillip Vengsarkar | 290 |
| Mithali Raj | 291 |
| MS Dhoni | 293 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 293 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 320 |
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