Smriti Mandhana – Biography
Full Name: Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana
Date of Birth: July 18, 1996
Age: 29 years (as of 2025)
Birthplace: Sangli, Maharashtra, India
Height: 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Role: Opening Batter (Left-handed)
Bowling: Right-arm off break
Teams: India Women, Maharashtra, Trailblazers (WT20 Challenge), Southern Brave (The Hundred), Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL)
Career Highlights
- International Debut:
- ODI: April 10, 2013 vs Bangladesh
- T20I: April 5, 2013 vs Bangladesh
- Test: August 13, 2014 vs England
- Achievements:
- ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) – 2018
- ICC ODI Team of the Year – Multiple years
- Arjuna Award – 2018
- First Indian woman to score a century in both ODIs and Tests in Australia.
- First Indian woman to score a century in The Hundred (England T20 league).
Playing Style
Smriti is known for her elegant cover drives, timing, and calm temperament. Often compared to Sourav Ganguly for her fluent left-handed style, she anchors India’s top order with both consistency and flair.
🏆 Recent Updates (2024–2025)
- Women’s Premier League (WPL 2025):
Smriti is the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Under her leadership, RCB reached the finals in 2024 and are among the top contenders in 2025. - Recent Form:
In the 2025 WPL season, she’s among the top 5 run-scorers, with several half-centuries and a strike rate of around 130+. - International Cricket (2025):
She continues as India’s vice-captain across formats.
Recently led India in a few matches when Harmanpreet Kaur was injured.
Played a key role in India’s series win against Australia Women in early 2025, scoring 83* in a match-winning knock. - Endorsements:
Brand ambassador for Hero MotoCorp, Nike, Red Bull, and Garnier. She’s one of the highest-paid women cricketers in India.
Off-field & Personal Life
- Comes from a cricketing family — her father and brother both played district-level cricket in Sangli.
- Known for her humble and disciplined nature.
- Avid music lover and enjoys listening to Arijit Singh and Taylor Swift.
- Advocates for gender equality in sports and encourages young girls to take up cricket.
Indian women’s cricket team star batter Smriti Mandhana has created history. She shares the world record with Aussie legend Meg Lanning for the most centuries in international cricket. Both of them have scored 17 centuries each. Lanning has scored 15 centuries in ODIs and 2 centuries in T20Is, while Mandhana has scored 14 centuries in ODIs, 2 in Tests and one in T20Is.
Mandhana equalled Lanning’s world record by scoring a super century in the match against New Zealand yesterday (October 23) as part of the Women’s ODI World Cup. If Mandhana scores a century in any format from now on, the record for most centuries in international cricket will be hers alone.
Top 5 batsmen with the most centuries in international cricket.
Smriti Mandhana-17 (14 in ODIs, 2 in Tests, 1 in T20Is)
Meg Lanning-17 (15 in ODIs, 2 in T20Is)
Suzie Bates-13 (13 in ODIs)
Tammy Baymount-12 (12 in ODIs)
Nat Seaver Brunt-10 (10 in ODIs)
Except for Mandhana, the other four in the list above have scored centuries in one or two formats only. Mandhana is the only one who has scored centuries in three formats and is considered an all-format player.
With her latest century against New Zealand, Mandhana also equaled another record. She shares the world record with Tazmin Britts (South Africa) for the player who has scored the most ODI centuries in a calendar year. Tazmin and Mandhana have each scored 5 centuries this year.
With this century, Mandhana has moved up to second place in the list of batsmen with the most ODI centuries (14). In this sequence, she has surpassed Suzie Bates (13) and moved closer to the top spot, Meg Lanning (15).
As for the match against New Zealand yesterday, Team India won this match by 53 runs (DLC) and qualified for the semi-finals. Batting first, India scored 340 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 49 overs with the help of openers Pratika (122) and Smriti Mandhana (109) with centuries. One-down batter Jemimah Rodrigues (76 not out) played a brilliant innings.
Later, in the huge chase of lakhs, New Zealand could only manage 271 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Brooke Halliday (81) and Isabella (65 not out) made notable scores in the New Zealand innings. It is known that Australia, South Africa, and England have secured semi-final berths for India in the current World Cup.
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