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IND W vs SL W 1st T20I: Smriti Mandhana scripts history in format

Updated On: 22 December, 2025 01:22 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar

In the first women's T20I match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Smriti Mandhana achieved a historic feat. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X)

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In the first women's T20I match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Smriti Mandhana achieved a historic feat. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X)

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In the first women's T20I match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Smriti Mandhana achieved a historic feat. Here is all you need to know (Pic: X)
<p>During the first women's T20I match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Smriti Mandhana played a knock of 25 runs off 25 deliveries. His knock was laced with four boundaries</p>

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During the first women's T20I match against Sri Lanka, Team India's Smriti Mandhana played a knock of 25 runs off 25 deliveries. His knock was laced with four boundaries

<p>With this, she scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to complete 4000 runs in the format's history</p>

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With this, she scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to complete 4000 runs in the format's history

<p>She is also the second player in women's cricket history to achieve the feat. Before her, New Zealand's Suzie Bates (4716 runs) had reached the milestone</p>

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She is also the second player in women's cricket history to achieve the feat. Before her, New Zealand's Suzie Bates (4716 runs) had reached the milestone

<p>Mandhana is also the quickest to accomplish the feat in terms of balls taken (3227), compared to Bates, who took 3675 deliveries to reach the feat</p>

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Mandhana is also the quickest to accomplish the feat in terms of balls taken (3227), compared to Bates, who took 3675 deliveries to reach the feat

<p>Currently, the 29-year-old cricketer has accumulated 4007 runs in 154 T20I matches. Her best score in the format is 112 runs, including a century and 31 half-centuries</p>

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Currently, the 29-year-old cricketer has accumulated 4007 runs in 154 T20I matches. Her best score in the format is 112 runs, including a century and 31 half-centuries

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