New Delhi: Smriti Mandhana a star batter for the Indian womens cricket team has established herself as a prominent figure in womens cricket showcasing her leadership skills as both Indias vice-captain and the skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). In 2024 she led RCB to their first Womens Premier League title marking a significant milestone in her career. Her next target should be the Womens T20 World Cup 2024 starting from October 3. The 28-years-old batters game has evolved a lot since her international debut in 2013. She added a power game and a great pull shot which helped to establish herself as one of the most consistent batters in world cricket. Smriti represented Maharashtra at senior level at the age of 13 years and captained the side at 16. Mandhana made her international debut in a T20I game against Bangladesh on April 5 in 2013 since then she always contributed to the teams success. In the year of 2014 she made her Test debut with a fantastic half-century against England in Wormsley.She became the face of the womens T20 revolution in India long before the Womens Premier League was established becoming only the second Indian to sign a franchise deal with the WBBL team Brisbane Heat. Smriti featured in 85 ODIs and amassed 3585 runs with seven centuries at an average of 45.37 with a strike rate of 85.07. She played 141 T20Is and gathered 3493 runs at an average of 28.86 consisting of 26 half-centuries. In the Test format she played only seven matches and amassed 629 runs so far at an average of 57.18. Among all the runs and records she has gathered Mandhanas best achievement so far would be that WPL 2024 title that she won with Royal Challengers Bengaluru being captain for it. She was actually the costliest player ahead of the inaugural edition of the tournament at an amount of INR 3.4 crore which then exchanged for about USD 415000 at that time.