In the third T20I vs West Indies, which was held at the Dr. D. Y. Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, December 19, Smriti Mandhana did fire for India. The 28 years old left-handed batter opened the innings for Women in Blue and, with the help of 13 fours and one sixes, hammered 77 runs from 47 balls. She added with Jemimah Rodrigues (39) 98 runs for the second wicket and shared 44 runs with Raghvi Bist (31*) for India to post a total of 217 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs.
The 218-run target proved too much for the West Indies team, leading them to the losing end of the match by 60 runs.
Mandhana broke former Indian captain and legendary batter Mithali Raj’s record of most runs scored in a bilateral T20I series for India with her 77 runs on Thursday. Mithali scored 192 runs for India in five matches during an T20I series against South Africa in February 2018, while Mandhana finished the T20I series against the Women in Maroon with 193 runs in three matches. Smriti scored a half-century in all three for India in the T20I series, which also helped her break the record of the greatest New Zealand batter, Suzie Bates, for scoring the most 50+ scores in women’s T20Is.
Most runs in a bilateral T20I series for India
Smriti Mandhana – 193 vs West Indies (2024)
Mithali Raj – 192 vs South Africa (2018)
Jemimah Rodrigues – 191 vs Sri Lanka (2018)
Smriti Mandhana – 180 vs New Zealand (2019)
Harmanpreet Kaur – 171 vs West Indies (2016)
While Mandhana has accrued 30 50-plus scores to her name from 148 T20 matches played until now, Bates has surpassed this number by hitting the 50-run mark 29 times in 171 T20s.
Most 50+ scores in women’s T20Is
Smriti Mandhana (India) – 30
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) – 29
Beth Mooney (Australia) – 25
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) – 22
Sophie Devine (New Zealand) – 22
In addition to that, during her stay at the crease in the series-decider, Mandhana also eclipses Bates’ world record for most fours in the shortest format of the game. With 505 boundaries in 171 T20Is, while Smriti extends her total to 506 after hammering 13 fours, Bates has smashed.
Most 4s in women’s T20Is
Smriti Mandhana (India) – 506
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) – 505
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) – 439
Alyssa Healy (Australia) – 409
Meg Lanning (Australia) – 405
Also, in addition to this, Mandhana position herself as the leading batter in terms of the most T20I runs in a calendar year. Mandhana now has a total of 763 runs in 23 T20I matches played so far in the year 2024.
Most T20I runs in a calendar year
Smriti Mandhana (India) – 763 runs in 2024
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) – 720 runs in 2024
Esha Oza (UAE) – 711 runs in 2024
Hayley Matthews (West Indies) – 700 runs in 2023
Kavisha Egodage (UAE) – 696 runs in 2022
She broke the legendary Sri Lankan batter’s record, having managed to score 720 runs in just 21 T20Is played so far this year. That’s Chamari Athapaththu.
