Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana scripted history by becoming India’s highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals during the first India vs South Africa Women’s match of the five-match T20I series, at Durban, on Friday (April 17, 2026).

Mandhana surpassed the 2024 T20 World Cup-winning captain Rohit Sharma’s record for most T20I runs by an Indian batter.