Smriti Mandhana scripts history, breaks 28-year-old WODI runs record against South Africa in Women’s World Cup 2025

Smriti MandhanaIndia’s standout opener created history in the match against South Africa in the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup held at the Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

Mandhananext to you Pratique Rawal took to the crease for India after being asked to bat first. Demonstrated a strong performance in opening partnerships, Mandhana She broke the record for most runs in a calendar year in women’s ODIs. He entered the match just 12 runs short of this remarkable milestone.

She achieved the feat at eighth place in India’s innings, surpassing Belinda Clark’s previous record. From the very first ball, he bowled ayabonga haka, Mandhana He struck out six on the ground, bringing his total to 13 runs.

Former Australian skipper Clark had played 16 matches and amassed 970 runs in 1997. Mandhana He currently has 972 runs from 17 matches.

Most ODIs run in a calendar year in women’s cricket:

Smriti Mandhana (IND): 982 runs in 17 innings (2025)

Belinda Clark (Australia): 970 runs in 16 innings (1997)

Laura Wolvaardt (SA): 882 runs in 18 innings (2022)

Debbie Hockley (New Zealand): 880 runs in 16 innings (1997)

Amy Satterthwaite (New Zealand): 853 runs in 15 innings (2016)

Mandhana He has been in outstanding form with the bat this year and entered the World Cup on the back of a stellar performance in the home series against Australia, where he scored two centuries, including one from just 50 balls, in the series decider at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

The 29-year-old cricketer from Maharashtra is India’s second highest run-scorer in women’s ODIs. He fell to Nonkululeko in this match, scoring 23 runs off 32 balls. Mlaba 11th place. He is currently 58 runs away from reaching the 5000-run milestone in ODIs.

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