Smriti Mandhana created history even after getting out for 91 runs, made a big world record in women's international cricket.
India women's cricket team's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana created a sensation with a brilliant innings in the first ODI against West Indies at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday (22 December). Mandhana played an inning of 91 runs in 102 balls with the help of 13 fours, even though she could not complete the century, she made a special world record.
Mandhana holds the record for scoring the most runs in a year in women's international cricket. This year, he has scored 1602 runs in 36 matches including all three formats, in which his best score was 149 runs, which he made in the only Test match against Chennai in June.
Smriti overtook South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt, who had scored 1593 runs in 34 matches at an average of 51.38 this year, which included an unbeaten 184 against Sri Lanka in April.
Mandhana will still have a chance to further improve this record, because the remaining 2 ODIs of the series are to be played between the two teams this year.
Top 5 female cricketers who scored most runs in a year
1. Smriti Mandhana (2024) – 1602 (100s-5, 50s-10)
2. Laura Wolvaardt (2024) 1593 (100s – 5, 50s – 7)
3. Nate Sciver-Brunt (2022) 1346 (100s – 3, 50s – 6)
4. Smriti Mandhana (2018) 1291 – (100s – 1, 50s – 12)
5. Smriti Mandhana (2022) 1290 – (100s – 1, 50s – 11)
Mandhana has scored fifty plus scores in the last 5 consecutive innings in international cricket. They played innings of 77, 62, 54, 105 runs respectively. This is the second time this year that she missed scoring a century in ODIs.
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