Smriti Mandhana breaks Mithali Raj’s all-time World Cup file for India in last vs South Africa


Smriti Mandhana’s robust run within the Ladies’s World Cup 2025 continued as she received off to a very good begin within the last in opposition to South Africa. Mandhana broke a significant Mithali Raj file together with her first rate begin within the summit conflict.

New Delhi:

India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana shattered a significant file of former captain Mithali Raj through the World Cup 2025 last between India and South Africa on Sunday, November 2. 

Mandhana has been in robust type within the World Cup 2025 and is the highest run scorer for the Ladies in Blue within the match. Coming into the ultimate, Mandhana had 389 runs to her identify with a century in opposition to New Zealand. 

In the meantime, after her robust begin within the last, Mandhana broke Mithali’s file for many runs by an Indian in a single World Cup version. She wanted 21 runs to go previous the previous skipper and did so within the first innings of the ultimate in Navi Mumbai. Mithali held the earlier file as she had scored 409 runs within the 2017 version of the match in England. 

Most runs by an Indian in a World Cup version:

1 – Smriti Mandhana: 410 runs in 9 innings* in 2025

2 – Mithali Raj: 409 runs in 9 innings in 2017

3 – Punam Raut: 381 runs in 9 innings in 2017

4 – Harmanpreet Kaur: 359 runs in eight innings in 2017

5 – Smriti Mandhana: 327 runs in seven innings in 2022

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