Smriti Mandhana Continues Blazing Form, Equals Mithali Raj’s Calendar Year Record
Cometh the hour, Cometh Smriti Mandhana, as the left-hander continued her blazing form in 2025, smashing her tenth 50+ score in 2025, on October 23 (Thursday). The left-hander has now three consecutive fifty-plus scores in this edition of the Women’s World Cup – 80 against Australia, 88 against England, and a century against New Zealand.
Mandhana has been in stellar form this year, becoming the first-ever Women’s cricketer to amass 1000 runs in a calendar year. She didn’t stop there, increasing her run tally to 1229 runs, in a year where she now averages 75.12.
Most 50+ scores in a calendar year for India in WODIs
10* – Smriti Mandhana, 2025
10 – Mithali Raj, 2017
8 – Deepti Sharma, 2017
8 – Smriti Mandhana, 2018
The left-hander started quite slowly on the day, but caught pace against the off-spinner Eden Carsen, against whom she hit two fours and a six. Mandhana then continued her onslaught against Rosemary Mair, with two boundaries in the same over, to take her run tally above 70.
Indian players to hit hat-trick 50+ scores in Women’s World Cup edition
Harmanpreet Kaur (60, 171* & 51), 2017
Smriti Mandhana (80, 88 & 91*), 2025
In the process, she also became only the second Indian batter to smash hat-trick 50+ scores in a single Women’s World Cup edition, joining Harmanpreet Kaur in the rare club. Not just that, Mandhana also equalled Tazmin Brits’ tally of most WODI centuries in a calendar year.
Most centuries in a calendar year in WODIs
5* – Smriti Mandhana, 2025
5* – Tazmin Brits, 2025
4 – Smriti Mandhana, 2024
3 – Belinda Clark, 1997
Most centuries in Women’s World Cup for India
3* – Smriti Mandhana
3* – Harmanpreet Kaur
2 – Mithali Raj
