Smriti Mandhana can be seen defeating Pakistan men's team's star batsman Babar Azam in T20I. You might be wondering how is this possible? Of course, Smriti is a batsman in women's cricket and Babar Azam is a batsman in men's cricket. But if we talk about the players who have scored the most runs in both men's and women's teams in T20I, then Smriti seems to be a threat to Babar. Smriti Mandhana is now not far away from Babar Azam in terms of most runs (Men's + Women's) in T20I.
Babar Azam He is the highest run scorer in men's T20I cricket. He has scored 4596 runs in 136 innings of 145 matches. Behind him are Rohit Sharma (4231 runs) and Virat Kohli (4188 runs), who have now retired from T20I. In such a situation, Smriti Mandhana is currently the only Indian who can overtake Babar Azam in the run race in T20I and who is just 195 runs away from doing so.
Smriti Mandhana is second after Suzie Bates in terms of scoring most runs in women's T20I. Currently, both Men's and Women's combined are at third place in terms of scoring the most runs in T20I. He has scored 4401 runs in 161 innings of 167 matches. Suzie Bates (4720 runs) and Babar Azam (4596 runs) have more runs than Smriti.
The difference in runs between Smriti Mandhana and Suzy Bates is more. But, there is a difference of only 195 runs between Babar Azam and her, which she can erase in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup 2026. By doing this, Smriti Mandhana can not only leave Babar Azam behind in terms of most runs in T20I, but can also become the overall number 2 among the batsmen of men's and women's cricket.
Babar Azam played his last T20 for Pakistan in February this year. Whereas Smriti Mandhana may have been struggling with form before the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 and had scored only 80 runs in 5 innings. But, from the tremendous start he has made against the Pakistan team as soon as the ICC tournament starts, it seems that Babar Azam's defeat at his hands is almost certain.
