Mandhana creates historical past with 1,000 runs in a yr, crosses 5,000 in Womens ODI World Cups

Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Sunday (October 12, 2025) grew to become the primary participant in girls’s ODIs to attain 1,000 runs in a calendar yr throughout India’s high-profile Women’s World Cup group match in opposition to Australia in Visakhapatanam.

The 29-year-old opener additionally accomplished 5,000 runs in girls’s ODIs, turning into solely the fifth and second Indian batter after Mithali Raj to realize the feat.

She is the youngest and quickest to the milestone, reaching it in 112 innings and 5,569 balls, surpassing Stafanie Taylor’s 129 innings and Suzie Bates’ 6,182 balls.

The elegant left-hander, who had endured a quiet begin to the event, roared again to type in type smashing 80 off 66 balls (9x4s, 3x6s) and put collectively 155 runs opening stand with Pratika Rawal which was additionally the primary century opening partnership of the competitors.

Mandhana, who started the day on 982 runs from 17 matches, reached the 1,000-run landmark within the eighth over when she tore into Australian left-arm spinner Sophie Molineux, smashing her for 4, six and 4 in an over that yielded 16 runs.

Mandhana broke the long-standing report of Australia’s Belinda Clark (970 runs in 1997) of the very best run-getter in a calendar yr in girls’s ODIs.

She began her innings positively, opening her account with a boundary off the final ball of the primary over from Kim Garth.

But it was Molineux’s over that lit up the innings. Mandhana lofted the primary ball over mid-on for 4, defended the following, then launched the third ball for a six over long-on earlier than pulling one other boundary over sq. leg to seal her place within the report books.

Mandhana, who had scores of 8, 23 and 23 in opposition to Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa respectively earlier within the event, seemed a totally completely different batter in opposition to her favorite opposition after Australia opted to bowl.

She batted with fluency and authority, dissecting the sphere with precision and utilizing her silken drives and aerial strokes to unsettle the Australian assault.