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Français (Afrique)In the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2026 match against Hong Kong, Team India secured a dominating victory by 137 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates.
During the match, Team India's star batswoman Smriti Mandhana smashed 124 runs. Facing just 64 deliveries, the left-handed batswoman accumulated 14 boundaries and seven maximums.
With this, she surpassed legendary Team India cricketer Mithali Raj to become the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket. Speaking about the historic achievement, Mandhana said that she never imagined accomplishing the feat, and expressed happiness at having two Indian players at the top positions.
"Yeah, I mean, till I was batting, I didn't know what record it was because I didn't know the exact runs or all of that. But yeah, looking back, one of a very good day for Indian cricket, I would say. Of course, Mithali-di has been such a legend and a role model, and we've all grown up watching her bat," she said.
"So, to go past her in the tally of runs, I definitely never imagined to do that. But happy that there are two Indians at the top two," added Mandhana.
Currently, the Mumbai-born cricketer has 10,880 runs to her name in women's international cricket. Mithali has slipped to second position with 10,868 runs, followed by New Zealand's Suzie Bates with 10,740, England's Charlotte Edwards with 10,273 and West Indies' Stafanie Taylor with 10,007 runs to her name.
In the ongoing Women's T20 Asia Cup, Team India is placed in the first position on the points table of Group A with a net run rate (NRR) of +5.775.
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Mandhana became the leading century-maker in women's international cricket, moving to 18 centuries and surpassing former Australia captain Meg Lanning's tally of 17 tons.
She also became the first Indian woman to score two T20I centuries, going past skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
Mandhana's record-breaking knock also saw her register the highest individual score in Women's T20 Asia Cup history, with her 124 against Hong Kong surpassing Chamari Athapaththu's unbeaten 119 against Malaysia in Dambulla in 2024.
(With PTI Inputs)