Smriti Mandhana became the second Indian and fourth overall among women players to reach the glorious milestone of 10,000 runs in international cricket. The left-handed batter reached the milestone during the fourth T20I of the five-match series against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium on Sunday. The left-handed batter became the fourth women batter after Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates, Charlotte Edwards and the second Indian after Mithali to achieve the 10,000-run milestone. In Test cricket, Mandhana has notched up 629 runs in seven matches and 12 innings at an average of 57.18, with two centuries and three fifties.
With 5,322 runs in 117 ODIs and innings at an average of 48.38, with 14 centuries and 34 fifties, Mandhana is the sixth-highest run-getter in the ODI format. In T20Is, Mandhana has slammed 4,102 runs in 157 matches and 151 innings at an average of 29.94, SR of 124.22, a ton and 32 fifties. She is the second-highest run-getter in this format.
The left-handed batter made 80 runs off 48 balls with the help of 11 fours and three sixes, which helped India to post their highest team total (221/2) in women’s T20I cricket. In response, Women in Blue defended the target and Sri Lanka lost the match by 30 runs. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led India took an unbeaten 4-0 lead with one match left.
After reaching the landmark of 10,000 runs in international cricket, Mandhana said that a player has to start from zero, and it’s never been the case that what a player has done in the last match or previous series.
“I mean, that’s never the case where we are like, we’ve done it before. I feel that, in cricket, you have to start from zero again. The scoreboard is always zero for zero. It’s never what you’ve done in the last match or previous series as well,” Mandhana said in a video posted on Instagram by the indiancricketteam.