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Smriti Mandhana Becomes Fastest Woman to 10,000 International Runs as India Take 4–0 T20I Lead

Her 80 in a record opening stand capped a prolific 2025 that now puts the year's overall run-scoring lead within reach.

Overview

  • Mandhana reached 10,000 international runs in her 281st innings, the quickest in women's cricket, and became the fourth woman to the mark after Mithali Raj, Charlotte Edwards and Suzie Bates.
  • India beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs in the fourth T20I in Thiruvananthapuram after posting 221-2, built on a 162-run opening stand with Shafali Verma that is India’s highest in women’s T20Is.
  • Across genders she is the 10th-fastest Indian to 10,000 runs, overtaking Rohit Sharma and Dilip Vengsarkar, who each took 290 innings.
  • PTI reporting cited by Hindustan Times also describes her as the youngest to reach 10,000 in women's internationals, and she reflected on consistency and responsibility in comments to bcci.tv.
  • Her 1,703 international runs in 2025 are the most by any woman in a single year, and with 62 more she could surpass Shubman Gill’s 1,764 to lead all players for the year as the fifth T20I awaits.