Smriti Mandhana becomes fifth batter to score 5000 ODI runs, quickest to do so

Smriti Mandhana notched up another record on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup match against Australia when she became the first women’s player in history to score 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year. Needing just 18, the India vice-captain got to the milestone with a huge six off Sophie Molineux’s bowling.

In the same match, she also became the fifth batter to score 5000 runs in women’s ODIs when she got to 58 against Australia in Vizag. She was also the youngest and the quickest women’s player to reach the 5K milestone, taking just 112 innings.

In the last match against South Africa, Mandhana had broken the record for the most runs made by a woman batter in a calendar year during the Women’s World Cup match on Thursday. The 29-year-old went past Belinda Clark’s tally of 970 runs, which sh