Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana eclipsed former Australia skipper Belinda Clark and shattered the 28-year-old record for most runs in a calendar year in Women's ODIs.

During India's third match of the ongoing Women's World Cup against South Africa in Visakhapatnam on Friday, the stylish opener conjured 23(32) to go past Clark's record. She broke the shackles on the first ball of the eighth over by stepping out of the crease to dispatch Ayabonga Khaka's full-length delivery past the boundary rope for a towering maximum and carved her name in history.

Mandhana now sits at the summit with 982 runs in 17 matches at 57.76 while striking at 112.22, laced with four centuries and three fifties. Clark remained at the pinnacle for a sta

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