In a landmark year for women’s cricket, 29-year-old Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana etched her name in history by becoming the first player to surpass 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. Overall, she has amassed 1,703 international runs across white-ball formats in 2025.
Across 32 innings in 23 ODIs and 9 T20Is, without a single Test for India, she surpassed her previous best of 1,659 runs from 35 innings in 2024 (13 ODIs, 21 T20Is, 1 Test). This extraordinary haul underscored her dominance as a left-handed opener, blending consistency, aggression, and big-match temperament.
Mandhana’s 2025 journey peaked in the ODI format, where she blazed 1,362 runs at a strike rate of 109.92 and an average of 61.90 across 23 innings. She notched five half-centuries and five centuries, including a stunning 135 off 80 balls (12 fours, 7 sixes) against Ireland on January 15 in Rajkot.
Opening with Pratika Rawal, her knock propelled India to 435/5, sealing a 304-run thrashing. She topped India’s charts and finished second overall in the 13th ICC Women’s ODI World Cup (September 30–November 2, hosted by India and Sri Lanka), powering their historic triumph.
Mandhana’s T20I exploits added flair to her white-ball mastery. In nine innings, she scored 341 runs at a strike rate of 135.85 and an average of 37.88, featuring two half-centuries and a century. Her pinnacle arrived on June 28 against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham: a maiden T20I ton of 112 off 62 balls (15 fours, 3 sixes), opening with Shafali Verma. India posted 210/5 and won by 97 runs, earning her Player of the Match honours.
These feats fueled personal landmarks. In the first T20I of India’s home series against Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lanka (December 21-30), her 25 off 25 balls made her the first Indian and second overall, after New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, to cross 4,000 T20I runs. In the fourth match, she became the fastest and only second Indian after Mithali Raj to surpass 10,000 international runs.
Series stats: 120 runs in four innings at 133.33 strike rate and 30 average, including a half-century, ranking her India’s third-highest and overall, fourth-highest scorer. Rested for the dead rubber, India completed a 5-0 sweep, with debutant Gunalan Kamalini featuring in the final 15-run win.
Under head coach Amol Muzumdar, Mandhana’s breakout year positions India strongly for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England and Wales (June 12-July 5). Her evolution from promising talent to run-machine inspires a generation, blending technical finesse with fearless strokeplay. As 2025 fades, Mandhana stands tall, not just as vice-captain, but as the heartbeat of Indian women’s cricket’s golden era.
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