Fastest To Score 5,000 Runs In Women’s ODIs: Smriti Mandhana Surpasses Stafanie Taylor To Top The Table

Shortly after being the first player to breach the 1,000-run mark in a calendar year in Women’s ODIs, India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana added another feather to her crown. During her brilliant knock against Australia in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, she has blazed past West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor to score the fastest 5,000 runs in the format (by innings and balls faced).

Former Indian skipper Mithali Raj is placed fourth on that list to achieve the milestone in 144 innings, while Mandhana is currently at the top in 112 innings. Notably, she is the youngest and fastest Indian player to get to the milestone. Previously, former Indian captain Virat Kohli had taken 114 innings to touch the figure.

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Smriti Mandhana Returned to Her Best With Blazing 80 Against Australia in Women’s World Cup 2025

Just before the mega ICC event, she had notched up back-to-back hundreds in the three-match home ODI series against Australia. Moreover, the second ton in Delhi also saw Mandhana eclipse a 12-year-long record of Kohli, to put up the fastest century by an Indian player. Previously, Kohli had achieved the feat against the same opposition in 2013.

Mandhana, however, could not carry on with a similar momentum in the 50-over championship so far. After being dismissed for just eight runs in the tournament-opener in Guwahati against Sri Lanka, she also fell for a cheap 23 twice while facing Pakistan and South Africa in the subsequent clashes.

However, Mandhana’s 80 runs off just 66 balls, comprising nine fours and three over-boundaries, have showcased glimpses of a comeback to the fine form she has been continuing in recent times. Her 155-run partnership with Pratika Rawal, which came against the Aussies, is the highest opening stand for the hosts in the Women’s World Cup 2025 so far. However, Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. lost the match after Australia captain Alyssa Healy smashed a daddy hundred and shattered another set of records.

Smriti Mandhana’s Stunning Stats of 2025

The batter has already smashed 1,062 runs in 18 matches in 2025, which includes four centuries and three fifties. Earlier, she surpassed Australian legend Belinda Clark’s record from 1997 to notch up the most ODI runs in a year, who had scored 970 runs with three hundreds in 16 matches. The 29-year-old had already topped that chart with her innings against the Proteas in the previous fixture.

Notably, she has become the fastest player by innings to score 5,000-plus runs in Women’s ODIs, as well as by balls faced. She took only 5,569 deliveries to reach the mark, which is a whopping 613 balls less than the next best of New Zealand’s Suzie Bates. Caribbean all-rounder Stafanie Taylor is also seated third in this list, while ex-Indian captain Mithali holds fort at fourth place.

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