India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Sunday became only the second Indian woman player, after compatriot Mithali Raj, to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket.
Smriti, who made her debut against Bangladesh in April 2013, needed 27 runs before the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram to reach this significant milestone. She achieved it in just 20 deliveries at the Greenfield International Stadium, eventually scoring 80 off 48 balls. This innings marked her 32nd fifty, featuring 11 fours and three sixes, at a strike rate of 170.2.
In addition to Mithali, Smriti joins New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and former England player turned coach Charlotte Edwards as the only women to reach this impressive landmark.
Her statistics include 629 runs in seven Tests and 5,322 runs in 117 ODIs. Mithali Raj, the highest run-scorer in women’s international cricket, retired with 10,868 runs across formats, and Smriti has the opportunity to surpass that total.
Earlier, while scoring a run-a-ball 25 during the T20I series opener against Sri Lanka at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Smriti became the first Indian batter and the second overall, after Suzie, to complete 4,000 runs in Women’s T20Is.
The left-handed opener was the second-highest run-scorer in India’s triumphant Women’s ODI World Cup campaign, amassing 434 runs in nine innings at an average of 54.25.
Smriti also finished 2025 as the highest run-getter in ODIs, scoring 1,362 runs in 23 innings, which included five fifties and five centuries. Furthermore, she became the first Indian woman to score a century in all three formats of the game.
Following the conclusion of the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka on December 30, Smriti will captain Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 2026 Women’s Premier League (WPL), starting on January 9. RCB will face Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Inddigihunt in the opening match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.