The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 match is being played between India and Australia in Visakhapatnam. Where Team India is batting first after losing the toss. During this, India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana created history. She became the first female player to score 1000 runs in a calendar year. She achieved this feat by hitting a six off the ball of Sophie Molineux.
In the last match against South Africa, Smriti Mandhana broke the record of most runs scored by a female batsman in a calendar year during the Women’s World Cup. 29-year-old Mandhana broke Belinda Clark’s record of 970 runs, which she had set in 1997, by hitting a six off Ayabonga Khaka in the eighth over of the innings.
Mandhana is playing her third ODI World Cup and Team India was the runner-up in the 2017 World Cup held in England. Mandhana is also close to completing 5000 runs in ODIs. She will become the second Indian and fifth female batsman overall to achieve this feat.