Smriti Mandhana broke Rohit Sharma’s unbreakable record, even fans were surprised!

New Delhi: India’s female star batsman Smriti Mandhana registered her name in the record books by becoming the highest run-scorer for India in the T20 format. He achieved this feat on Friday (April 17, 2026) during the first match of the 05-match T20 series against South Africa in Durban. Along with this, he also broke a record of Rohit Sharma.

Mandhana broke Rohit’s record

In this match, Smriti Mandhana not only got the tag of the best batsman, but she also surprised the fans by surpassing Rohit Sharma, a great batsman and former captain of the Indian men’s team, in terms of runs. In fact, before the start of the match, this left-handed batsman had scored 4,231 runs, equal to Rohit Sharma.

Then after staying at the crease for some time, he started his real game, and later increased the pace and finished the innings by scoring 4,244 runs. However, he did not show anything special in the match and scored only 13 runs. But, breaking the record of a legendary batsman like Rohit Sharma, he scored 4,244 in 155 innings, which also included 01 century and 33 half-centuries at an average of 30.31 and strike rate of 124.38.

Left a mark at the international level too

Let us tell you that with this tremendous achievement, Smriti Mandhana also reached second place in the list of highest run-scorers in International Women’s T20 so far. Above her in this list is Suzie Bates, who has scored 4,717 runs so far in this format. Talking about men’s cricket, the record of scoring most runs in T20 format in international cricket is in the name of Babar Azam (4596 runs).

India suffered a shameful defeat in the match

It is noteworthy that Indian women’s team’s star batsman Smriti Mandhana has undoubtedly made a record. But the team had to face a crushing defeat in the very first match of the series being played before the upcoming T20 World Cup.

Actually, batting first, India scored 157 runs at the loss of 07 wickets in 20 overs. In response, South Africa women’s team scored 158 runs losing 4 wickets in 19.1 overs and registered an easy victory. This is definitely a big blow for India before the World Cup.