Overview

• Mandhana surpassed Belinda Clark’s 1997 benchmark of 970 runs with a straight six in the eighth over at the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA‑VDCA Stadium.
• She was out for 23 off 32 balls, extending a quiet World Cup so far after earlier scores of 8 and 23.
• India entered the South Africa game on a two‑match winning run, with a one‑hour rain delay preceding Laura Wolvaardt’s decision to field.
• She began the day on 959 runs for 2025, a year that already features four centuries and three fifties at a brisk scoring rate.
• Mandhana is closing in on 5,000 career ODI runs, a mark reached by only four women and just one Indian, Mithali Raj.