Fastest to 10,000 runs in Women’s International Cricket ft. Smriti Mandhana

India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana engraved her name in the pantheon of cricketing greats on Sunday, December 28, 2025, becoming the fastest player to surpass 10,000 runs in international women’s cricket. The left-handed opener achieved the monumental landmark during the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium, further cementing her status as the leading batswoman of the modern era.

Smriti Mandhana goes beyond legends and reaches a huge record

Mandhana came into the match needing just 27 runs to reach the milestone. She achieved the feat in clinical fashion during the seventh over and needed just 281 innings to cross the 10,000 run mark across all formats. In doing so, she shattered the former Indian captain’s previous record Mithali Rajwho reached the milestone in 291 innings. The star opener is now only the fourth woman in history to join the elite ’10k Club’, and she is also the youngest to do so.

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The milestone was just the beginning of Mandhana’s dominance that night. She then played a scintillating knock of 80 off 48 deliveries, peppered with 11 boundaries and three towering sixes. Next to her opening partner Shafali VermaMandhana has stitched together a record 162 runs, propelling India to a massive total of 221/2 – the team’s highest ever score in the Women’s T20Is. In the innings, Mandhana also overtook Harmanpreet Kaur to become India’s leading six-hitter in the T20I format, while also registering her 32nd score of fifty-plus in the shortest format – the highest by any woman in the world.

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Fastest to 10,000 international runs in women’s cricket

1) Smriti Mandhana: As mentioned above, Mandhana accomplished this feat during the 4th T20I against the Lankans when she smashed a scintillating knock of 80 runs at an impressive strike rate of 166.67. Her powerful knock not only helped India reach the highest total in the shortest format but also laid the foundation for the hosts’ clinical win by 30 runs.

2) Mithali Raj: Mithali was the first Indian woman and second player overall to reach this five-figure total. She achieved this feat on March 12, 2021, during an ODI against South Africa in Lucknow. She achieved the target in her 291st international innings. She is known for her incredible longevity (23 years) and is currently the all-time leading run-scorer in international women’s cricket with 10,868 runs.

3)Charlotte Edwards: The England legend was the first woman in history to cross the 10,000 run mark in international cricket. She reached the milestone in 2016 and needed 308 innings to do it. Edwards, a classic batsman and long-time England captain, retired with 10,273 international runs, holding the record for most runs for many years.

4) Suzie Bates: Bates became the third woman to join the elite club and the first New Zealander to do so. She achieved the milestone on July 12, 2024 during a T20I against England. It took her 314 innings to cross the threshold. Bates is a unique entry on this list as she reached the milestone without ever playing a Test match, relying entirely on her dominance in ODIs and T20Is.

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This article was first published on WomenCricket.coma Cricket Times company.