21 Facts About Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team.

Smriti Mandhana plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League.

Smriti Mandhana was inspired to take up cricket after watching her brother play at the Maharashtra state Under-16s tournaments.

In September 2016, Smriti Mandhana was signed up for a one-year deal with Brisbane Heat for the Women's Big Bash League, and along with Harmanpreet Kaur, became one of the first two Indians to be signed up for the League.

Smriti Mandhana was ruled out of the rest of the tournament which she ended having scored 89 runs in 12 innings.

In June 2018, Smriti Mandhana signed for Kia Super League defending champions Western Storm, becoming the first Indian to play in the league.

Smriti Mandhana played for them in 7 games and scored 167 runs before leaving them for India's tour of Australia.

Smriti Mandhana scored a hundred in the season, equalling the record for the tournament's highest ever score.

Smriti Mandhana was elected as the captain of the team.

Smriti Mandhana made her Test debut in August 2014 against England at Wormsley Park.

Smriti Mandhana helped her team to win the match by scoring 22 and 51 in her first and second innings, respectively; in the latter innings, she shared in an opening-wicket partnership of 76 runs with Thirush Kamini, chasing 182.

Smriti Mandhana was the only Indian player to be named in the ICC Women's Team of the Year 2016.

Smriti Mandhana came into the team for the 2017 World Cup after recovering from an injury she sustained, an anterior cruciate ligament rupture, during her time at the WBBL in January that year.

Smriti Mandhana began the World Cup with a 90 against England in Derby, in the first of the group matches.

Smriti Mandhana helped her team win by 35 runs, and was named the player of the match.

Smriti Mandhana was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs.

Smriti Mandhana scored the fastest fifty for India in Women's T20Is of just 24 balls against New Zealand in February 2019.

Smriti Mandhana ended that year as the leading run-scorer in WODIs with 669 at an average of 66.90.

Smriti Mandhana was adjudged the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year and the ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year.

Smriti Mandhana became the youngest T20I captain for India when she led the women's team against England in the first T20I in Guwahati.

Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian female cricketer to score a century in both ODIs and Tests in Australia.