Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is a left-handed opening batter for India and the vice-captain of the national side. Born on 18 July 1996 in Mumbai, she plays domestic cricket for Maharashtra and captains Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). By July 2, 2025, she had scored 4,473 ODI runs at 46.59 with 11 hundreds, 3,873 T20I runs with a maiden T20I hundred, and 629 Test runs at 57.18 with two centuries—figures that underscore her status as one of India’s most reliable run-getters.

A signature milestone arrived on June 28, 2025, when Mandhana struck her first T20I century, becoming the first Indian woman with hundreds in all three international formats.

Early Life

Mandhana was born into a Marwari family in Mumbai and moved to Madhavnagar (Sangli) when she was two. Her father, Shrinivas, played district cricket; her brother Shravan’s age-group cricket inspired her to pick up the game. Selected for Maharashtra U-15 at nine and U-19 at eleven, she quickly rose through the ranks. 

A breakout moment came in October 2013: 224 off 150 balls* for Maharashtra U-19, the first double-hundred by an Indian woman in a one-day game—an innings that turned national attention her way. 

Personal Life

Public reporting places her personal base in Maharashtra with close family involvement in her career. Open-source profiles also note long-standing media interest in her private life; however, Mandhana keeps her focus on cricket and community initiatives while maintaining a low profile off the field. Over the years, she has also become a youth icon in India, inspiring young girls to take up cricket through her approachable demeanor and professionalism both on and off the pitch.

Domestic Career

Mandhana has been Maharashtra’s batting mainstay since her teens, and her 2013 double-ton signposted her ceiling. She broadened her game via overseas leagues: WBBL (Brisbane Heat 2016–17; Hobart Hurricanes 2018–19), Kia Super League (Western Storm 2018), The Hundred (Southern Brave 2021–22), and Sydney Thunder (2021–22). The cross-league experience sharpened her power-hitting and range through the off side. 

In the WPL, RCB made Mandhana the record purchase of the inaugural auction and named her captain. The payoff came in 2024, when RCB won their maiden WPL title, a landmark for the franchise. 

WPL career summary

Team Matches Runs Avg SR 50s HS
RCB (2023–25) 26 646 24.85 128.69 4 81

Test Career

Mandhana debuted in 2014 at Wormsley and played a key hand in India’s win with scores of 22 and 51. She became the first Indian woman to score a Test hundred in Australia with 127 at Carrara (pink-ball Test) in Oct 2021, also earning Player of the Match. 

Her Test best is 149 vs South Africa in Chennai (Jun–Jul 2024), part of India’s 603/6d in a 10-wicket win. Sharing a 292-run opening stand (with Shafali Verma), she set the tone with authoritative driving through the off side. 

ODI Career

An ODI debut in 2013 was followed by a maiden hundred (102) in Australia in 2016 and a pivotal role in India’s 2017 ODI World Cup run to the final. She topped the 2018 ODI run charts (669 at 66.90) and later drove India’s surge in the 2022–25 ICC Women’s Championship, finishing as the tournament’s leading run-scorer (1,358) as India ended runners-up to Australia.

On January 15, 2025, Mandhana smashed a 70-ball century vs Ireland in Rajkot, the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian woman, on a record-breaking day for the team. 

ICC Women’s Championship 2022–25: Most runs (final standings)

Player Team Runs
Smriti Mandhana India 1,358
Laura Wolvaardt South Africa 1,234
Chamari Athapaththu Sri Lanka 1,088

T20I Career

A mainstay since 2013, Mandhana mixes fluent powerplay starts with deeper anchor innings. She owns India’s fastest women’s T20I fifty (24 balls) vs New Zealand, Wellington 2019—a marker of her intent in the format. 

Her 2024 was historic: Mandhana set the record for most women’s international runs in a calendar year (1,602) and the most T20I runs in a year (763), powering India across formats. 

The crowning T20I moment came on June 28, 2025 at Trent Bridge: a dazzling century headlined India’s 97-run win over England and made her the first Indian woman with hundreds in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. 

International career stats

Format Matches Runs Avg 100s/50s HS
Tests 7 629 57.18 2/3 149
ODIs 105 4,588 46.34 11/31 136
T20Is 153 3,982 29.93 1/31 112

IPL Career

While there’s no women’s IPL, Mandhana leads RCB in the WPL and delivered the franchise’s first-ever title (men or women) in 2024. In the final, RCB chased calmly after a Delhi collapse triggered by their spinners, with Mandhana contributing 31 at the top before Ellyse Perry finished it. The win validated her captaincy and RCB’s long-term bet in the 2023 auction.

Beyond WPL, Mandhana has starred in KSL (Western Storm 2018), The Hundred (Southern Brave) and WBBL stints, experiences that sharpened her white-ball batting against varied conditions.

Records and Achievements

  • First Indian woman with international hundreds in all three formats (Test, ODI, T20I) — achieved June 28, 2025.

  • Most women’s international runs in a calendar year (1,602 in 2024) and most T20I runs in a year (763 in 2024).

  • ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award) — 2018 and 2021.

  • ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year (2024 awards), announced Jan 27, 2025.

  • Fastest T20I fifty by an Indian woman (24 balls), vs New Zealand at Wellington, 2019.

  • Top run-scorer, ICC Women’s Championship 2022–25 (1,358).

  • Major medals: 2017 ODI World Cup runner-up; 2020 T20 World Cup runner-up; 2022 Commonwealth Games silver; 2022 Asian Games gold (event held in 2023).

  • WPL champion captain (RCB, 2024).