Smriti Mandhana Becomes Leading Run-Scorer in Women’s International Cricket

On September 3rd, 2026, Smriti Mandhana achieved yet another record for women in cricket by making 124 runs from just 64 balls during the Women’s T20 Asia Cup match between India and Hong Kong in Dubai. With this feat her total career runs in the international cricket, including Test matches, One Day International, and Twenty20 International matches, rose to 10,880 runs, thus surpassing former India skipper Mithali Raj’s record of 10,868 runs.

How Smriti Mandhana Surpassed Mithali Raj’s Record

For this innings, Mandhana needed 113 runs to equalize Mithali Raj’s career tally, which she did in a manner more than comfortable with an innings of 124 runs with 14 fours and 7 sixes.

In this way, Smriti Mandhana became the top run-getter with 10,880 international runs.

Here are the top five run-getters in women’s international cricket after the milestone:

Rank	Player	Country	Runs
1	Smriti Mandhana	India	10,880
2	Mithali Raj	India	10,868
3	Suzie Bates	New Zealand	10,740
4	Charlotte Edwards	England	10,273
5	Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	10,007

Mandhana Breaks Multiple Records With Her 124

This innings is important not just because she hit a record score in T20Is. Mandhana’s 18th century in international cricket means that she has more centuries than any other player in women’s cricket. She currently has 14 centuries in ODIs, 2 centuries in Test matches and 2 T20 centuries.

She also set a new high score record in Women’s T20 Asia Cup, bettering the previous best score of 119 by Chamari Athapaththu, who had scored the unbeaten 119 for Sri Lanka in a game against Malaysia in 2024.

With this innings, Mandhana became the first Indian player to score two T20I centuries. Her previous T20I hundred was an unbeaten 112 against England in 2025.

Excellent Performance by India Against Hong Kong

Through this innings, Mandhana helped India post their second highest total ever in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup – 193/5. India won the match by 138 runs.

Mandhana’s seven sixes mean that her total of T20I sixes is 95, making her the leading six-hitter in T20Is for India ahead of Harmanpreet Kaur.