Smriti Mandhana breaks Suzie Bates’ world record with 77 off 47 against West Indies

Mandhana’s half-century against the Windies, where she scored 77(47), helped India to 217/4 in the first innings. This performance has also taken her total number of 50+ scores in women’s T20I cricket matches to 30. Mandhana has now scored the most 50+ scores in the format, overtaking New Zealand’s Suzie Bates, who has 28 fifties and one century.

The Indian opener, who is looking to become the next skipper for the women’s team as successor for Harmanpreet Kaur, stood in as captain in the second and third T20Is. Mandhana scored a half-century in every match of the series, top-scoring in the three-match bout with 193 runs across three strong performances.

Her performance in the third T20I included a seven-delivery spell where she scored a boundary of every ball, totalling up for 30 runs in a strong streak. Mandhana has scored a whopping 763 runs in T20Is in 2024, the most of any player, averaging 42.38 and striking at a strong 126.53.