Smriti Mandhana is one of the most popular women’s cricketers in India and across the world. Her influence in the sport goes far beyond the field, as not only is she one of the greatest Indian batters of this generation, but a massive influence in women’s cricket.
Mandhana has now become the World No.1 in ISS WODI rankings after six years. She replaced South African captain Laura Wolvaardt, ending a drought in the top spot that began in 2019
| Format | Matches | Ins. | Runs | B.F. | H.S. | Avg. | S/R | Full | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s | 200s |
| Tests | 07 | 12 | 629 | 987 | 149 | 57.18 | 63.72 | 01 | 108 | 03 | 03 | 02 | 00 |
| ODIs | 102 | 102 | 4473 | 5095 | 136 | 46.59 | 87.79 | 06 | 540 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 00 |
| T20IS | 148 | 142 | 3761 | 3051 | 87 | 29.38 | 123.27 | 14 | 506 | 73 | 30 | 00 | 00 |
| T20-OV. | 98 | 96 | 2247 | 1692 | 114* | 24.70 | 132.80 | 05 | 301 | 53 | 14 | 01 | 00 |
| WPL | 26 | 23 | 646 | 502 | 81 | 24.84 | 128.68 | 00 | 88 | 20 | 04 | 00 | 00 |
| Format | Matches | Ins. | Balls | Wics. | Runs | B.Fig | Avg. | Econ. | S/R | 4w | 5W | 10w |
| Tests | 07 | 01 | 12 | 00 | 08 | 0/8 | – | 4.00 | – | – | – | – |
| ODIs | 102 | 04 | 36 | 01 | 47 | 1/13 | 47 | 7.83 | 36 | – | – | – |
| T20IS | 148 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T20-OV. | 98 | 05 | 31 | 03 | 27 | 2/6 | 9.00 | 5.29 | 10.33 | – | – | – |
| WPL | 26 | 01 | 03 | 00 | 09 | 0/9 | – | 18.00 | – | – | – | – |
| Format | Matches | Catches |
| Tests | 07 | 02 |
| ODIs | 102 | 32 |
| T20IS | 148 | 36 |
| T20-OV. | 98 | 46 |
| WPL | 26 | 15 |
Smriti Mandhana was born on July 18, 1996 (making him 28 years old), in the cricketing capital of India, Mumbai. As a regular Mumbaikar, Smriti fell in love with cricket at a very young age. But unlike most of her fellow citizens, she decided to make this sport her career.
Having started playing the sport at the academy level at the age of nine with her brother, Mandhana shot up to the Maharashtra U-19 side at the age of 11. At just 15, she made it to the senior domestic team and scored a 155 on her List A debut against Saurashtra. In 2013, at the age of 17, she became the first Indian woman to score a double ton in List A cricket when she scored a fantastic 224 against Vadodara.
Earlier that year, at the age of 16, Smriti made her WODI debut. A year later, she made her Test debut in England and scored a 50 in that match and helped her team win a historic Test match on English soil.
In 2016, at the age of 19, Mandhana signed a contract with Women’s Big Bash League side Brisbane Heat, becoming the first Indian, alongside Harmanpreet Kaur, to be signed in the league. Two years later, she would become the first Indian to be signed in the English Women’s Cricket Super League.
She played for India in the 2017 Women’s ODI World Cup. During the tournament, in which the Indian Womens Cricket Team finished runners-up, Smriti won two Player of the Match awards. She has won the 2016 and 2022 Asia Cups and the 2022 Asian Games with the national team, and has reached the finals of the 2017 ODI WC, 2020 T20I WC, 2022 Commonwealth Games, and the 2018 and 2024 Asia Cups.
She played a massive role in the rise of the popularity of Women’s cricket in India. So when the Womens Premier League, WPL, was launched in 2023, Smriti was picked as the captain of arguably the most popular franchise in the competition, Royal Challengers Bengaluru. She led RCB to their first title in 2024.
Smriti Mandhana has emerged as a superstar of international cricket and arguably the most popular Indian women’s cricketer. She has played a leading role on the side as a senior player for a year, and despite being just 27 years old, she has over a decade of experience in international cricket.
Mandhana is the highest run scorer for India in WT20Is, is the fifth highest run scorer for the Indian Women’s Cricket Team in Tests and is less than 500 runs behind the top spot, and is the second highest WODI run scorer for the national team. She also has the most centuries for an Indian in WODIs with 11, and is one of only three Indian women to have a Test ton under her belt.
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