The southpaw’s tally was the highest among leading run-scorer in Women’s ODIs in 2024, ahead of Laura Wolvaardt (697), Tammy Beaumont (554) and Hayley Matthews (469).

Mandhana has been in red-hot form in 2025 as well.

Smriti Mandhana of India batting during the 3rd ODI Match between India and Ireland held at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India on the 15th January 2025. (Credit: Sportzpics)

Earlier this month against Ireland, Mandhana slammed fastest ODI century for India. She reached the milestone in just 70 balls and bettered captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s previous record by 17 balls.

In in the latest ICC women’s ODI batting rankings, she is moved to No 2 position after an impressive series against Ireland.

Mandhana s the only Indian in the top 10. Against Ireland, she has scored 135 in the third ODI and 41 and 73 in the first and second matches, respectively.

She currently has 738 points, while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt sits at the top with 773 points, followed closely by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu in third with 733 points.

Smriti Mandhana smashed the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian woman against Ireland in Rajkot. (BCCI)

Mandhana’s early life

Smriti Mandhana belongs to the list of international batters who make left-handed batting sometimes look like elevated art. But a natural right-hander, Mandhana knew only how to pick up a bat and wield it because of her brother being a left-handed batter. It was just a practical choice for her and it stuck.

Once her brother moved on from cricket though, Mandhana felt it was on her to fulfill her father’s dream of having an Indian cricketer in the household. While her father and brother were big cricketing influences, it was Mandhana’s mother who gave her the direction. “Do whatever you want to do… but do it all the way, put in the most hard work possible,” Mandhana told the RCB podcast this year.