Smriti Mandhana Makes History as First Woman Cricketer to Reach 11,000 International Runs

Key facts

• Smriti Mandhana became the first woman cricketer to complete 11,000 runs in international cricket during India's Asian Games gold-medal final against Sri Lanka at Korogi Sports Park in Aichi-Nagoya.
• Before the final, Mandhana had 10,987 international runs: 788 in Tests, 5,411 in ODIs and 4,788 in T20Is.
• She overtook Mithali Raj's record of 10,868 runs with 124 against Hong Kong in the Women's Asia Cup, her 18th international century, passing Meg Lanning and Laura Wolvaardt for most hundreds.
• In the Asian Games semifinal against Bangladesh, Mandhana surpassed Suzie Bates (4,758) to become the leading run-scorer in women's T20Is with 4,788 runs, and became the first Indian woman to hit 100 T20I sixes.
• Mandhana and Shafali Verma extended their record women's T20I partnership beyond 4,000 aggregate runs, adding 99 in the final, ahead of Esha Oza and Theertha Satish (2,949).
• India beat Japan by eight wickets in the quarterfinal and Bangladesh by 114 runs in the semifinal, with Shafali Verma scoring an unbeaten 100 off 49 balls; India were defending the title won in 2023, while Sri Lanka sought their first gold after bronze in 2014 and silver in 2022.