Smriti Mandhana 10000 Runs: The third T20 International will be played between India and Sri Lanka women’s team on Friday, 26 December. Smriti Mandhana can create history in this match.
India vs Sri Lanka Women T20I: Currently, a five-match T20 series is being played between India and Sri Lanka women’s team, in which the Indian team is leading 2-0. The third match will be played today at 7:00 pm Indian time at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. In this match, all eyes will be on Indian star player Smriti Mandhana. If Smriti Mandhana scores even 28 runs in this match, she can create history. Let us tell you about this upcoming record of Smriti Mandhana…
Mandhana close to equaling Mithali Raj’s record
Smriti Mandhana So far in her international career, she has scored 9972 runs in 279 matches, which includes all three formats: Test, ODI and T20. If she scores 28 runs in the third T20 match against Sri Lanka, she will become the second Indian woman player to score 10000 runs in international cricket. The first number in this list is former Indian women captain Mithali Raj, who had scored 10868 runs in 333 international matches. Smriti Mandhana has scored 5322 runs in 117 ODIs in her cricket career so far. Apart from this, he has 629 runs in his name in 7 Test matches, while he has 4221 runs in his name in 149 T20 Internationals.
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Fourth player in the world to score 10000 runs
By scoring 28 runs, Smriti Mandhana will become the fourth player in the world to score 10000 runs in international women’s cricket. Before her, Mithali Raj has scored 10868 runs, Suzie Bates has scored 10662 runs and Charlotte Edwards has scored 10273 runs.
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Indian team is leading 2-0 from Sri Lanka
The Indian women’s team seems to be in great shape at the moment. India has won the 2 T20 International matches played so far against Sri Lanka. In the second match, after the early dismissal of Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma played an unbeaten inning of 69 runs in 34 balls and India won the match in just 11.5 overs. Similar expectations will now be there from the Indian women’s team in the third match, by winning which they would like to take a decisive lead.