HAPPY BIRTHDAY SMRITI MANDHANA: India’s ace cricketer Smriti Mandhana celebrates her twenty sixth birthday right now on Monday, July 18. Mandhana made her worldwide debut on the age of 16 in opposition to Bangladesh in 2013. The elegant opener has not taken her foot off the gasoline since then and has represented India in 4 Exams, 74 ODIs, and 87 T20I. She hogged the limelight after displaying her batting prowess within the 2017 ICC World Cup. The teenager was pivotal in main India to the finals of the World Cup the place they misplaced to England by 9 runs.
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The left-hander has amassed greater than 5000 runs throughout all three codecs of the sport. Mandhana is now one of many senior gamers within the squad and has emerged as one of many cornerstones of the Indian ladies’s cricket crew.
Because the promising batter turns 26, let’s check out a few of her coveted information and achievements:
Third-fastest Indian Batter To Attain 1000 Run Milestone in T20I
Mandhana turned the third quickest Indian to attain 1000 runs in T20 internationals. She was additionally the tenth quickest batter in ladies’s cricket to succeed in this milestone. The Mumbai batter took simply 49 innings to breach the 1000-run barrier. She completed this majestic feat throughout her scintillating innings of 83 runs in opposition to Australia within the ICC 2018 T20 World Cup.
India’s Youngest T20I Captain
Mandhana turned the youngest Indian participant to be chosen because the skipper of the Indian nationwide crew in T20Is. She led the aspect on the age of twenty-two years and 229 days in opposition to England for a three-match T20I sequence in 2019. She is presently the Vice Captain of the aspect and takes up the mantle every time skipper Harmanpreet Kaur misses out.
Quickest T20I Fifty By An Indian
In February 2019, the Mumbai batter scored the quickest fifty by an Indian participant in T20Is. Mandhana reached her half-century in simply 24 balls in opposition to New Zealand. Her blistering innings of 58 runs off 34 deliveries helped India to defeat the Kiwis in an important encounter.
First Cricketer To Rating 10 Consecutive 50+ Scores In ODIs Whereas Chasing
Mandhana turned the primary participant in ODI historical past to hit ten consecutive fifty-plus scores whereas chasing. Her unimaginable streak started in 2018 when she scored 67 runs off 53 deliveries batting second in opposition to Australia Lady. She adopted it up with scores of 52, 86, 53*, 73*, 105, 90*, 63, 74, and 80* and accomplished a really attention-grabbing feat in her profession.
Second Cricketer To Win The ICC Ladies’s Cricketer Of The Yr Twice
The opener has been named the ICC Ladies’s Cricketer of the yr in 2018 and 2021. She is the one participant together with Australia’s Elyse Perry to win the ‘Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award twice. Mandhana was additionally named the ODI Participant of the Yr by ICC in 2018 after accumulating essentially the most factors within the calendar yr.
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