Indian vice-captain and batter Smriti Mandhana is 78 runs away from becoming the highest run-scorer in women’s T20 Internationals (T20Is), as she prepares to face Pakistan in the women’s Asia Cup in Dubai.
Mandhana, known for her commanding 124 off 64 balls against Hong Kong—which made her the leading run-scorer and century-maker in women’s cricket—has added another record to her ambitions. She has scored 4,681 runs in 173 T20Is, across 167 innings, with an average of 30.79 and a strike rate of 126.54. Her record includes two centuries and 35 fifties.
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The current top run-scorer is New Zealand legend Suzie Bates, who has accumulated 4,758 runs in 186 T20Is and 178 innings, averaging 28.83 with a strike rate of 108.60, including one century and 28 fifties.
Mandhana holds a solid T20I record against Pakistan, amassing 307 runs in 11 innings at an average of 30.70 and a strike rate of 111.23, with two fifties and a highest score of 68.
Source: thenewsmill.com
