{"id":759688,"date":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759688\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:14:09","slug":"smriti-mandhana-india-batter-becomes-leading-run-scorer-in-womens-international-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759688\/","title":{"rendered":"Smriti Mandhana: India batter becomes leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women’s T20 Asia Cup, Group A, Dubai International Stadium<\/p>\n

India Women 193-5 (20 overs): Mandhana 124 (64)<\/p>\n

Hong Kong Women 56 (16.2 overs): D Sharma 3-9<\/p>\n

India won by 137 runs<\/p>\n

Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\n

India’s Smriti Mandhana became the all\u2011time leading run\u2011scorer in women’s international cricket as she scored a century in the Women’s Asia Cup.<\/p>\n

The left-hander hit 124 from 64 balls in a 137-run thrashing of Hong Kong in India’s second Group A match in Dubai.<\/p>\n

Mandhana, 30, now has 10,880 runs in all formats, surpassing former India captain Mithali Raj’s 10,868.<\/p>\n

“Until I was batting, I didn’t know what record because I didn’t know what exact runs [I had scored]. But, looking back, I’d say a very good day for Indian cricket,” said Mandhana.<\/p>\n

India posted 193-5 from 20 overs before bowling Hong Kong out for 56 in 16.2.<\/p>\n

Mandhana said Raj is a “legend and a role model”, and that going past her record was something she “never imagined doing”.<\/p>\n

Raj said on X: “I’ve watched you grow from a young player into one of the finest batters India has produced.<\/p>\n

“To see you go past my record and become the highest run-scorer in international cricket is a moment I’m genuinely proud of. Here’s to many more runs and milestones. Keep going!”<\/p>\n

Mandhana’s century was her 18th in all formats, taking her past former Australia captain Meg Lanning’s record for the most in women’s international cricket.<\/p>\n

Group A leaders India face rivals and second-placed Pakistan at the same venue on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women’s T20 Asia Cup, Group A, Dubai International Stadium India Women 193-5 (20 overs): Mandhana 124 (64) Hong…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}