Year Ender 2024: Smriti Mandhana Signs Off Fruitful Year in T20 With Several Records

Indian batter and Royal Challengers Bengaluru women's team captain Smriti Mandhana signed off a fruitful year in T20 cricket with several records in the final game of 2024 in the shortest format.

Having led the RCB to their first trophy at the start of the year, Mandhana has put in a run of performances, which sees her finish the year as the player with most runs in a single year in a calendar year in Women's T20I.

The 28-year-old left-handed batter, who became the sixth fastest player to reach 3000 runs in T20Is, overtook Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu with her latest fifty to become the highest run-getter in a single year in Women's T20I:

Most Runs in a calendar year in Women's T20I

Smriti Mandhana (India) - 763 runs in 2024
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) - 720 runs in 2024
Esha Oza (UAE) - 711 runs in 2024
Hayley Matthews (West Indies) - 700 runs in 2023
Kavisha Egodage (UAE) - 696 runs in 2022

Mandhana scored her third successive fifty as India defeated West Indies by 60 runs in the third and final T20I to end a five year wait for a bilateral T20I series win at home. Mandhana scored a 47-ball 77 and the latest half a century saw her go past New Zealand's Suzie Bates for most 50 plus scores in WT20I.

Most 50 plus scores in women's T20Is

Smriti Mandhana (India) - 30 in 142 innings
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) - 29 in 168 innings
Beth Mooney (Australia) - 25 in 100 innings
Stafanie Taylor (West Indies) - 22 in 122 innings
Sophie Devine (New Zealand) - 22 in 139 innings

During her knock of 77, Mandhana smashed 13 fours to break the record for most 4s in the shortest format in the women's T20 internationals. The Indian batter surpassed Bates' record again. Here is a look at the top five for most fours in women's T20I:

Most 4s in WT20Is

Smriti Mandhana (India) - 506 fours
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) - 505 fours
Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka) - 439 fours
Alyssa Healy (Australia) - 409 fours
Meg Lanning (Australia) - 405 fours

In 2024, Mandhana has smashed 8 fifties most by a batter this year, and hit 104 fours, which also happens to be the most by a batter this calendar year. In the Women's Premier League, Mandhana finished fourth in the leaderboard for most runs with 300 runs in 10 innings.