Smriti Mandhana, India’s vice-captain, maintained her extraordinary rise in women’s cricket by making history during the first T20I against Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam. Though she scored 25 runs off 25 balls, her innings was important since she became the first Indian batter to cross 4,000 runs in Women’s T20 Internationals. The milestone highlighted her consistency at the highest level and reinforced her place as one of the game’s modern greats.

Mandhana also broke her own previous record for the most international runs scored in a single calendar year in women’s cricket. With 9,958 international runs to her name, she is now only 42 runs away from the coveted 10,000-run milestone. Her dominance extends to the ODI format, where she has already scored over 5,300 runs and is on the verge of becoming the highest run-scorer in Women’s ODIs.

The Indian opener is likewise on the verge of changing history in terms of centuries. With 17 international hundreds, she is tied with Meg Lanning and needs just one more to stand alone at the top. A packed international schedule in 2026 provides Mandhana with a great potential to break several long-standing records.