The numbers behind Smriti Mandhana’s record spree

She set the record during her 18th international century knock against Hong Kong at the Asia Cup. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy

10950 The number of runs aggregated by Smriti Mandhana during her international career spanning all three formats. During her 18th international three-figure score (the most by any woman cricketer) against Hong Kong in Dubai on 3 September 2026 in the Group match of the Asia Cup, she became the leading run-getter in women’s international cricket, surpassing former team-mate Mithali Raj’s tally of 10868 runs. Mandhana now has 10950 runs, just 50 short of 11000 across formats. Incidentally, her now-record 18 centuries also surpass the 17 by Australian Meg Lanning and South African Laura Wolvaardt.

Leading run-getters in women’s internationals spanning all three formats

Note: During Mandhana’s 59 against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final on 13 June 2026, she recorded her 94th score of fifty-plus, going ahead of 93 held by Mithali Raj. Charlotte Edwards (80) and Laura Wolvaardt (74) are next in the list.

2538 The number of days Shafali Verma needed to reach 3,000 runs in her T20I career. She thus became the first female cricketer to reach this milestone in less than seven years since making her debut. On 5 September 2026, in Dubai against Pakistan, she became the 16th woman cricketer in T20I history to reach 3000 runs, thus joining her fellow Indians, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana, as the third Indian to do so. She is now the quickest to reach this milestone, in the fewest days since her debut, surpassing the previous record held by UAE’s Esha Oza, who needed 2721 days. At 22, she also became the youngest to reach this landmark. Ireland’s Gaby Lewis was 24 when she achieved her milestone earlier this January. The second table below has these details. 

Quickest to reach 3000 T20I runs in women’s cricket (in terms of fewer days since debut)

Note: Beth Mooney needed the fewer number of innings (100) to reach this milestone.

Youngest to reach 3000 T20I runs in women’s cricket 

15 Kranti Gaud’s T20I score while batting at number 11 in the game against Thailand in Dubai on 30 August 2026. This is now the joint second-highest score in this format in women’s cricket at this batting position. Gaud’s effort is also the best by a woman batter from a top cricketing nation. Ireland’s Elena Tice (14) and New Zealand’s Rosemary Mair (13* vs England in Christchurch in 2021) have the next-best scores.

Highest career scores by #11 batters in women’s T20I cricket

3 The number of T20I bowlers from a top cricketing nation in women’s cricket to claim a three-wicket haul without conceding a run. Deepti Sharma emulated two other bowlers — a Sri Lankan and a Pakistani — to achieve this rare feat against Thailand in Dubai on 30 August 2026. The nearest any Indian bowler came to achieving this in this format was Poonam Yadav, who claimed 2/0 in 2 overs against Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on 3 June 2018. For the record, Indonesia’s Rohmalia took seven wickets without a run in her 3.2 overs against Mongolia in Bali on 24 April 2024, while Nepal’s Anjali Chand had 6/0 in her 2.1 overs against Maldives in Pokhara on 2 Dec 2019.

Three-plus-wicket hauls by bowlers in T20I women’s cricket without conceding a run (only players from top nations considered)

Three-plus-wicket hauls by Indian bowlers while conceding fewer runs in T20I women’s cricket 

Note: There are 12 other instances of Indian bowlers with three or more wickets while conceding less than 10 runs in a T20I match.

29 The number of T20I games Shree Charani played while claiming the 50th wicket of her career, when she picked her lone wicket in the Bangladesh innings on 10 September 2026 in Dubai, thus making her the joint second-fastest to do so in terms of matches. Only China’s left-arm slow bowler, Mengting Liu, has done it quickly (in 28 matches) in women’s T20Is. Shree Charani, meanwhile, needed just 439 days (i.e., one year and 74 days) to reach her 50th wicket since making her debut on 28 June 2025. This is now the quickest in terms of days by any T20I bowler to reach this milestone. The previous record was 532 days (one year, 167 days), held by Rwanda’s Rosine Uwera since September 2024.

Quickest in terms of matches to reach 50 career wickets in women’s T20I cricket

2 The number of Indian T20I bowlers to take a four-wicket haul in the final of a women’s tournament. Shree Charani became the latest to achieve this during her spell of 4-20 against Sri Lanka in Dubai on 13 September 2026, which are now the second-best figures for India women in a tournament final. Her figures are now the sixth-best among the seven women bowlers to claim a four- or more-wicket haul in a tournament final. The tables below have the details.

Best bowling figures for India women in a T20I final

Note: all the above matches ensured a win for India

Bowlers with four or more wickets in a T20I final (only players from top cricket nations considered)

Note: Sana Mir’s & Lucy O’Reilly’s efforts came in a defeat

All the above records are correct and updated until 14 September 2026.

Published on Sep 23, 2026

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