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Smriti Mandhana achieves big milestone in international cricket as India thrash Sri Lanka with bat

  • On Dec 28, 2025, India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana completed 10,000 international runs during the fourth T20I at Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram in the seventh over.
  • Following a World Cup in which she excelled, Mandhana finished the year as the leading ODI run-scorer with 1362 runs, demonstrating her outstanding form this year.
  • Needing 27 runs before the match, Mandhana took 20 deliveries to reach the mark, completing it with a drive off Nimasha Meepage and scoring 80 off 48 in a 162-run stand with Shafali Verma as India reached 221/2.
  • She now has 10,053 runs across formats and joins Mithali Raj, Suzie Bates and Charlotte Edwards as the only women with over 10,000 runs.
  • Mandhana became the quickest to the mark, ESPNcricinfo noted, and she is level with Meg Lanning on 17 international centuries while surpassing Harmanpreet Kaur as India's top six-hitter in T20Is.
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The Hindu broke the news in India on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
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