Smriti Mandhana Record: Indian team’s star batsman Smriti Mandhana has once again performed brilliantly in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. He scored 74 runs against Netherlands while playing his second consecutive big half-century. In this innings he hit 11 fours and 1 six and played an important role in the team’s victory.
Smriti Mandhana continues to be in great form
Smriti Mandhana is looking in excellent form in this tournament. Earlier, he had played an inning of 68 runs against Pakistan and now he completed his second consecutive fifty by scoring 74 runs against Netherlands. With this inning, he also made a big record in T20 International cricket. Smriti has now become the first player in the world (including men’s and women’s cricket) to hit more than 600 fours in T20 International. This achievement has not been achieved by any male player till now.
India’s strong batting
In the match against Netherlands, India batted first and scored 209 runs. This was the first time that the Indian women’s team scored more than 200 runs in the T20 World Cup. India had a very strong start. Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma made a brilliant partnership of 115 runs for the first wicket. This strong start helped the team reach big scores.
Netherlands team defeated, India won big
The Netherlands team, which came to chase the target of 209 runs, could not last long in front of the Indian bowlers. The entire team was reduced to 114 runs. In this way India won this match by 95 runs. This victory is considered to be India’s biggest win by margin of runs in T20 World Cup history. Every department of the team performed brilliantly, but Smriti Mandhana’s innings was the biggest reason for this victory.
Smriti Mandhana’s T20 career record
Till now Smriti Mandhana has scored 4475 runs in 162 innings of 168 matches in T20 International cricket. During this period, he has 1 century and 35 half-centuries in his name. So far, he has hit 604 fours and 88 sixes in this format, which shows his aggressive game.
Smriti ahead of records of male cricketers
Pakistan’s Babar Azam leads the list of male cricketers in terms of hitting most fours in T20 International, who has hit 477 fours. After him there are players like Ireland’s Paul Stirling, India’s Rohit Sharma, England’s Jos Buttler and Virat Kohli. However, Smriti Mandhana has left all these behind and created a new history by hitting more than 600 fours.
