Continuing his red-hot form, Smriti Mandhana played a fantastic knock against Australia and scripted history by achieving a huge milestone at the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 match between India and Australia at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
Smriti became the first-ever player in the history of women’s cricket to score 1,000 ODI runs in a single calendar year when she went past the 18-run mark against Australia. The 29-year-old Mandhana achieved the historic milestone after she smashed spinner Sophie Molineux for a six towards long-on.
Most Runs In A Calendar Year In Women’s ODIs
1,000* – Smriti Mandhana, 2025
970 – Belinda Clark, 1997
882 – Laura Wolvaardt, 2022
880 – Debbie Hockley, 1997
In the ongoing clash against Australia, Mandhana also surpassed the 5000-run mark in women’s ODIs, becoming the youngest and quickest to do so. She eventually got out to Sophie Molineux after scoring 80 runs off 66 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes.
Before her impressive innings against Australia, Smriti had scores of 8, 23 and 23 in the ongoing Women’s ODI World Cup.
Toss, Playing XIs For IND vs AUS ICC Women’s ODI World Cup
Australia captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in Vizag on Sunday. Australia made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Sophie Molineux in place of Georgia Wareham. On the other hand, India went unchanged for the key contest of the World Cup.
India Playing XI: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani
India Playing XI: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt
