In the women's cricket tournament at the 2026 Asian Games, which took place on September 22 (Tuesday) between India and Sri Lanka at the Korogi Sports Park in Nishin, Indian batter Smriti Mandhana performed brilliantly.
Mandhana hit powerful shots, scoring 79 runs off just 45 balls, including seven sixes and five fours. Furthermore, she reached a half-century in only 30 balls. This success marked her 37th half-century in her T20I career.
During this match, Smriti Mandhana accumulated a total of 11,000 runs in international women's cricket, becoming the first batter to reach this milestone in women's international cricket. Her wicket was taken by spinner Sugandika Kumari.
The list of leaders in women's T20I sixes (India) includes: Shafali Verma against Bangladesh (Nishin, 2026) with 9 sixes; Harmanpreet Kaur against New Zealand (2018) with 8 sixes; and Smriti Mandhana twice—against Hong Kong (Dubai, 2026) and against Sri Lanka (Nishin, 2026) with 7 sixes each.
Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma formed a partnership of 99 runs for the first wicket. Shafali contributed to this pair by scoring 48 runs off 29 balls, using three fours and three sixes. Thanks to this duo, Mandhana and Verma collectively scored 4000 runs in T20 International, which is the highest score for a single wicket in T20 International history.
In the table of the largest partnerships in women's T20I (any wicket), the pair Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma (India) leads with 4000 runs. Following them are Isha Jadhav and Tirta Satish (UAE) with 2949 runs, Elisa Hill and Beth Mooney (Australia) with 2720 runs, and Suzy Bates and Sophie Devine (New Zealand) with 2556 runs.
Shafali Verma became the batter who scored the most runs in the women's T20 calendar year. In the current year, she scored 863 runs in T20 International, surpassing Laura Wolvaardt from South Africa. Other leaders include Natasha Miles from Hong Kong with 800 runs in 2026, Isha Jadhav from UAE with 779 runs in 2025, and Yasmin Daswani from Hong Kong with 779 runs in 2026.