Smriti Mandhana of India has come close to making a world record that has never happened in the history of women’s cricket. He is just 197 runs away from completing 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs. No player has been able to do this till date in women’s cricket.
Smriti Mandhana is running in tremendous form. His bat is spewing fire in a 3 -match series against Australia before the ODI World Cup. Saturday is the third and decisive match of the series. In the second match, he completed a century in just 77 balls, which is the fastest century against Australia so far. According to the form in which Smriti Mandhana is running, she can make a record of batting during the ODI starting this month which has not happened in the history of women’s cricket till date. A record of 1000 ODI Run in a calendar year.
Smriti Mandhana scored 117 runs in 91 balls in the second ODI against Australia. This was his 12th ODI century. During this, he also hit 6 sixes. During this, he completed 800 runs in ODIs in 2025. She is the seventh player in the world to do so in women’s cricket. This year she has scored 803 runs in ODI at an average of 61.76 so far. During this time he has scored 3-3 centuries and half-centuries. He now needs only 197 runs to complete 1000 runs in the calendar year.
According to the form in which Smriti Mandhana is running, she can easily create the history of scoring 1000 ODI runs in the calendar year. There is still a match of the series against Australia, which is on Saturday. The ODI World Cup starts starting from 30 September. In this, India will get to play at least 7 matches in the league stage. If the Indian team reaches the finals, they will get to play 2 more matches. In such a situation, it is expected that during the World Cup, she can create a record of completing 1000 ODI runs in the calendar year.
Women’s ODI has the highest run in a calendar
Player (Team)- Run (Year)
Belinda Clarke (Australia)- 970 runs (1997)
Laura Volvardt (South Africa)- 882 runs (2022)
Debbie Hawkly (New Zealand)- 880 runs (1997)
Amy Sartarthweight (New Zealand)- 853 runs (2016)
Belinda Clarke (Australia)- 842 runs (2000)
NAT Skivor Brant (England)- 833 runs (2022)
Claire Taylor (England)- 807 runs (2005)
Smriti Mandhana (India)- 803 runs* (till 18 September in 2025)