Smriti Mandhana became the first player in the world to score 1000 runs in a calendar year in women’s ODIs after the Indian vice-captain reached the milestone during an ICC Women’s World World Cup 2025 clash against Australia on Sunday in Visakhapatnam. Having already going past legendary Belinda Clarke for most ODI runs in a single calendar year, Mandhana needed just 18 runs to cross the 1000-run mark.
Against Australia, Mandhana started slow before shifting her gears. She smashed Sophie Molineux for a four and a six in the eighth over to reach the milestone. Mandhana has been in tremendous form in 2025, especially against the Australians in the recent ODI series. In three ODIs, prior to the ongoing World Cup, Mandhana smashed two consecutive hundreds and a fifty. In fact, she scored four hundreds in 2025 in the 50-over format.
Previously, the closest any Indian could come was all-rounder Deepti Sharma and former captain Mithali Raj, who had scored 787 and 783 runs respectively, both in 2017. Rawal could also pose a serious threat to Mandhana this year as she had also scored over 800 runs in 2025.
However, her show in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 hasn’t been as expected. The southpaw was dismissed for just eight in the tournament opener against Sri Lanka before scoring identical 23 in India’s next two matches against Pakistan and South Africa.
Earlier, Australian skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bowl first against India. Australia brought in spin all-rounder Sophie Molineux in place of Georgia Wareham in the crunch game, while India retained the same playing XI as in the previous game, which they lost to South Africa.
India women vs Australia women playing XIs
Australia: Alyssa Healy(w/c), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, Megan Schutt.
India: Pratika Rawal, Smriti Mandhana, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani.
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