Mandhana's record 124 lifts India past Hong Kong
Smriti Mandhana smashed a record 124 in the Women's T20 Asia Cup, becoming the leading run-scorer in women's international cricket history.
At the Women's T20 Asia Cup in Dubai, Smriti Mandhana produced one of the finest innings of her career, striking 124 runs off just 64 balls, including 14 fours and seven sixes, as India beat Hong Kong-China by 137 runs.
The knock is now the highest individual score in the tournament's history, passing Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu, who had scored an unbeaten 119 against Malaysia in 2024. It also made Mandhana the first Indian woman to score two centuries in T20 internationals.
The innings carried her past a bigger milestone too: with those runs, Mandhana overtook former India captain Mithali Raj's long-standing record of 10,868 runs to become the leading run-scorer in the history of women's international cricket. Her 18th century across formats also puts her ahead of Australia's Meg Lanning and South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt, who had 17 apiece, for the most centuries by any woman in the game.
India went on to secure their spot in the tournament, with Mandhana's innings standing as the individual highlight of the campaign so far.
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