Smriti Mandhana Breaks All-Time ODI Record
Smriti Mandhana has contributed another golden book to the history of Indian cricket. She broke Belinda Clark’s record for the most runs in a single calendar year in Women’s ODIs. The 28-year-old lefty accomplished this when India was playing South Africa in the World Cup 2025 in Visakhapatnam, and she sent Ayabonga Khaka outside the ropes in the 8th over.
That alone not only demonstrated the grace of power on the part of Mandhana but also imprinted her name in record books, surpassing the 970-run record by Clark set in 1997. Mandhana has 982 runs in 18 ODIs now and an average of 57.76 with four hundred and three fifties. She is now poised to become the first woman in the history of ODI to pass 1,000 runs in a year.
The campaign of the ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2025 has been based on the consistency of Mandhana. It is either opening the door at pressure or anchoring decisive chases, but her style and personality have propelled the top order of India.
This victory also represents the transformation of women in cricket, i.e., batters are redefining standards previously considered unreachable. To Indian cricket, the record made by Mandhana is not just his own victory; it is the hope of the young generation of women sportsmen to surmount world limits.
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