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Dubai. Indian Women's Cricket's star batsman Smriti Mandhana has made another big achievement in her name. Mandhana has become the highest run-scorer batsman in Women's International Cricket. He has left behind former Indian captain Mithali Raj in this matter. India scored 193 runs for five wickets in 20 overs against Hong Kong, thanks to Mandhana's century in the Women's Asia Cup.

Mandhana's century

Mandhana scored the 36th half-century of her T20 international career. He completed his half-century by hitting a six. However, for this he took 40 balls. However, after this Mandhana batted directly in fourth gear. He took only 17 balls for the next 50 runs. Mandhana scored the second century of her T20 international career in 57 balls. Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 124 runs in 64 balls with the help of 14 fours and seven sixes. She was run out.

Which record of the great Mithali Raj was broken?

Mandhana now has 10,880 runs in her name in women's international cricket. With this she left behind Mithali Raj's record of 10,868 runs. Mithali was on top of this list for a long time and has been among the most successful batsmen of Indian women's cricket. After Mithali, there are legendary batsmen like Suzie Bates, Charlotte Edwards and Stafanie Taylor in this list.

After the retirement of Mithali Raj, Mandhana is continuously achieving new heights as the biggest batting star of Indian women's cricket. Smriti Mandhana not only broke Mithali's record, but also signaled the beginning of a new era of Indian batting in women's cricket.

Which record of century in T20 for India?

Three centuries have been recorded so far in T20 international cricket by the Indian women's team. Smriti Mandhana has registered her name in this list twice. He played a brilliant inning of 112 runs against England at Trent Bridge in 2025. However, Mandhana's innings of 124 runs is the highest individual score in T20 International by an Indian women's player. Harmanpreet Kaur had achieved this feat by playing an innings of 103 runs against New Zealand in the 2018 T20 World Cup.

Which record of Mandhana in terms of century?

Smriti Mandhana has also made a new record in terms of scoring most centuries in women's international cricket. He now has 18 international centuries to his name. She has overtaken Australia's Meg Lanning and South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt in this list. Former Australia captain Meg Lanning and South Africa's star batsman L Wolvaardt are jointly second with 17 centuries each. West Indies' Hayley Matthews is fourth with 15 centuries and New Zealand's Suzie Bates and England's Tammy Beaumont are jointly fifth with 14 centuries each.

Most sixes for India in Women's T20I

Smriti Mandhana hit seven sixes during her brilliant innings against Hong Kong in Dubai. Along with this, she also made the record of hitting most sixes in T20 International for the Indian women's team. Mandhana now has 95 sixes in her name in this format, while Harmanpreet Kaur has hit 89 sixes.

Which record of Women's T20 Asia Cup was broken?

Smriti Mandhana has made the record of the highest individual innings in the history of Women's T20 Asia Cup. He scored an unbeaten 120 against Hong Kong in Dubai in 2026, which is the highest individual score so far in this tournament. He left behind Sri Lanka's Chamari Atapattu's record of unbeaten 119 runs made against Malaysia in 2024.

Highest team scores in Women's T20 Asia Cup

India's dominance is visible in terms of highest team score in the Women's T20 Asia Cup. India posted the highest score of the tournament by scoring 201/5 against UAE in Dambulla in 2024. Whereas in 2026, India scored 193/5 against Hong Kong in Dubai, which is second in this list.