Fastest to 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket with Smriti Mandhana

Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana etched her name in the pantheon of cricketing greats on Sunday, December 28, 2025, becoming the fastest player to surpass 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket. The left-handed opener reached the monumental landmark in the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium, cementing her status as the opening batter of the modern era.

Smriti Mandhana surpasses legends to achieve massive record

Mandhana entered the match with just 27 points to reach the milestone. She achieved the feat in clinical fashion in the seventh over, taking just 281 innings to cross the 10,000-run mark in all formats. In doing so, she broke the previous record held by the former Indian captain. Mithali Rajwho reached the milestone in 291 innings. The opening star is now only the fourth woman in history to join the elite ’10k Club’, and she is also the youngest to do so.

Masterclass in Thiruvananthapuram

This milestone was just the beginning of Mandhana’s dominance that night. She then played a scintillating knock of 80 off 48 deliveries, interspersed with 11 boundaries and three towering sixes. Alongside his opening partner Shafali VermaMandhana scored a record opening stand of 162 runs, propelling India to a massive total of 221/2, the team’s highest ever score in women’s T20Is. The innings also saw Mandhana surpass Harmanpreet Kaur to become India’s highest six-hitter in the T20I format, while also registering her 32nd fifty-plus score in the shortest format, the highest by any woman in the world.

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Fastest to 10,000 international runs in women’s cricket

1) Smriti Mandhana: As mentioned above, Mandhana accomplished the feat in the 4th T20I against the Lankans when she smashed a scintillating 80-run knock at an impressive strike rate of 166.67. His powerful knock not only helped India reach their highest total in the shortest format but also laid the foundation for the hosts’ clinical victory by 30 runs.

2) Mithali Raj: Mithali was the first Indian woman and the second player overall to reach this five-figure total. She achieved the feat on March 12, 2021, during an ODI against South Africa in Lucknow. She reached the mark in her 291st international innings. Known for her incredible longevity (23 years), she is currently the all-time leading scorer in women’s international cricket with 10,868 runs.

3) Charlotte Edwards: The England legend was the first woman in history to cross the 10,000-run mark in international cricket. She reached this milestone in 2016, taking 308 innings to get there. A classic batsman and long-serving England captain, Edwards retired with 10,273 international runs, holding the record for the most runs for several years.

4) Suzie Bates: Bates became the third woman to enter the elite club and the first New Zealander to do so. She reached the milestone on July 12, 2024, in a T20I against England. It took him 314 innings to cross the threshold. Bates is a unique entry on this list as she reached the milestone without ever playing a Test match, relying entirely on her dominance in ODIs and T20Is.

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