Smriti Mandhana created history in ODI, the first woman to score 1000 runs in a calendar year.

New -delhi, October 12 (IANS). The opening of the Indian women’s cricket team’s opening batsman Smriti Mandhana created history. Mandhana became the first woman to achieve 1,000 runs in a calendar year in the ODI format. Smriti Mandhana achieved this achievement while playing against Australia in the 13th game of the Women’s World Championships 2025. He has played a total of 18 games so far in the year 2025. Belinda Clark of Australia is at second position in this list, which scored 970 runs in 14 overs of 16 games in the year 1997, with an average of 80.83. The English Laura Wolvaardt scored 882 runs in 18 ODI matches in the year 2022. This player is present on third position on the list. Deborah Hockley, who played 16 ODI matches in 1997 and scored 880 runs with an average of 62.85, is at fourth position on the list, while Amy Satterthwaite in the year 2016, which scored 852 runs in 14 overs of 15 games at an average of 85.30, is fifth. Smriti Mandhana scored a total of four centuries against Ireland, Sri Lanka and Australia this year. She played turns of 8, 23 and 23 runs in this World Cup. In this ongoing match between India and Australia, Australia won the Toss and invited Team India to bat first. The Indian team is on third position in this World Cup after winning 2 out of 3 games. Team India won his first match against Sri Lanka by 59 runs based on the Duckworth-Lewis rule. After this, Pakistan was defeated by 88 runs. However, India lost its third match against South Africa by 3 wickets. On the other hand, the Australian team is at second position in the points table after winning 2 out of 3 games. This team defeated New Zealand by 89 runs in its first match, after which the match against Sri Lanka remained unconvincing. Australia defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in the third game. –Is RSG shares this story tags