IND-W vs WI-W: Smriti Mandhana eyes T20I historical past in collection decider vs West Indies

Smriti Mandhana is on the cusp of creating a large file in T20Is when India and West Indies face off within the third and last match on Thursday, December 19 on the Dr DY Patil Sports activities Academy in Navi Mumbai. The left-handed batter is on the verge of creating the file for many runs in Ladies’s T20Is in a calendar yr.

Presently, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu holds the file, having scored 720 runs this yr at a median of 40 and with two centuries and a high rating of 119 not out. Mandhana is just 34 runs in need of the landmark. In 22 T20Is this yr, she has scored 686 runs at a median of 40.35 with seven fifties to her identify.

UAE’s Esha Oza (711 in 2024), West Indies captain Hayley Mathews (700 in 2023), and UAE’s Kavisha Egodage (696 in 2022) additionally function within the checklist. Earlier, Mandhana additionally broke Harmanpreet Kaur’s file for many runs by an Indian in Ladies’s T20Is in a calendar yr.

Most runs in Ladies’s T20Is in a calendar yr

Chamari Athapaththu – 720 runs from 21 matches (2024)

Esha Oza – 711 runs from 20 matches (2024)

Hayley Mathews – 700 from 14 matches (2023)

Kavisha Egodage – 696 runs from 27 matches (2022)

Smriti Mandhana – 686 runs from 22 matches (2024)

Esha Oza – 675 runs from 25 matches (2022)

Smriti Mandhana in good kind

Mandhana has been on high of her recreation within the T20I collection in opposition to the West Indies. She is at the moment the highest run-scorer within the collection, having scored 116 runs from two video games at a median of 58. Mandhana started the collection with a 54-run knock, serving to India take a 1-0 collection lead.

She made 62 on Tuesday, however India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat. Lately, she additionally notched an ODI hundred in opposition to Australia on the WACA in Perth.