Mandhana scripts history as the first woman to score 1,000 ODI runs in a year, surpassing 5,000 career runs

Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana etched her name in record books on Sunday, becoming the first player in women’s ODIs to touch the 1,000-run mark in a calendar year. The milestone came during the Women’s World Cup group-stage clash against Australia, where the 29-year-old also crossed the 5,000-run mark in ODIs, only the fifth and second Indian woman after Mithali Raj to do so.

Mandhana achieved the feat in just 112 innings and 5,569 balls, making her the youngest and fastest to 5,000 runs, surpassing Stafanie Taylor (129 innings) and Suzie Bates (6,182 balls). After a subdued start to the tournament, the elegant left-hander bounced back in trademark fashion, hammering 80 off 66 balls with nine fours and three sixes. Her 155-run opening partnership with Pratika Rawal, the first century