India, Dec. 28 -- Smriti Mandhana caps off her incredible 2025 with another record sent tumbling. The left-handed Indian opener surpassed the five-digit mark in international cricket, scoring her 10,000th run in women's internationals and joining an exclusive club of only three other players.

27 short of the mark heading into the fourth India vs Sri Lanka T20I in Trivandrum, Mandhana eased past the mark to join compatriot Mithali Raj as well as New Zealand's Suzie Bates and England's Charlotte Edwards in the rare air of players with 10,000+ runs in women's cricket.

With 5322 runs in WODI cricket, 4022 runs in WT20Is, and 629 runs in her seven Test matches, Mandhana took 281 international appearances to reach the mark - ten quicker than ...