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Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the Women’s T20 Asia Cup match between India and Hong Kong. (Photo | X, @BCCIWomen)

Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has made history by surpassing her role model Mithali Raj to become the leading run-scorer in Women’s Internationals, a milestone she humbly admitted she ‘never imagined’ achieving.

Smriti Mandhana produced a record-breaking 124 against Hong Kong in the Women’s Asia Cup on Thursday, an innings that took her past Mithali Raj as the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. The India vice-captain also became the first Indian woman with two T20I centuries and admitted she had never imagined overtaking her childhood role…

Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. | Photo Credit:

Homesportscricket ‘I definitely never imagined to do that’ | Smriti Mandhana on surpassing Mithali Raj’s featHistory was created at Dubai as the Indian vice-captain went past Mithali Raj’s tally of 10,868 International runs.

Indonesia were bowled out for 49 in Dubai on Wednesday night, and Sri Lanka’s captain took seven of the wickets, three of them in consecutive balls.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius made 94 off 51 balls in Windhoek, well beyond anything he had managed in the format before. South Africa won by 43 runs and are through to Sunday’s tri-series final.