IND vs SA: Smriti Mandhana shatters record! Closes in on 5000 runs

Indian opener Smriti Mandhana etched her sanction successful past connected Thursday, becoming the highest run-getter successful women’s ODIs successful a azygous calendar twelvemonth during India’s ICC Women’s World Cup clash against South Africa successful Visakhapatnam. Mandhana broke Belinda Clark’s 28-year-old grounds erstwhile she struck a six disconnected Ayabonga Khaka successful the eighth implicit of the innings. Clark had amassed 970 runs successful 1997, which was a grounds that stood unmatched until Mandhana’s stellar 2025 run.

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The 29-year-old southpaw, who began the lucifer connected 959 runs, crossed the milestone successful benignant earlier departing for 23 successful the 11th over. Following her dismissal, Mandhana’s 2025 tally stands astatine 982 runs successful 17 matches, scored astatine an mean of 57.76 and a onslaught complaint of 112.22, with 4 centuries and 3 fifties.

Her highest people this twelvemonth remains 135, and she has deed 122 fours and 24 sixes. Mandhana’s record-breaking signifier has been a item of India’s unbeaten tally successful the World Cup truthful far. Despite humble starts successful the earlier games with scores of 8 and 23 against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the opener has been India’s astir accordant performer successful the format this year. She is besides inching person to different milestone, which is the 5,000-run people successful ODIs, which volition marque her lone the 2nd Indian pistillate and the 5th wide to scope that landmark.

Most runs successful a calendar twelvemonth successful Women's ODIs

The lucifer successful Visakhapatnam, delayed by rainfall for an hour, saw South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt opt to tract first. India made 1 change, bringing backmost Amanjot Kaur for Renuka Singh Thakur, portion South Africa included Tumi Sekhukhune successful spot of Masabata Klaas.

India volition look Australia connected Sunday, portion South Africa instrumentality connected Bangladesh successful the adjacent fixture astatine the aforesaid venue. For now, though, the time belonged to Smriti Mandhana , whose dominance with the bat has redefined consistency successful women’s ODI cricket.