No Virat No Rohit Mandhana Shines: Indian women’s cricket team’s star opener and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has achieved a special achievement. Mandhana has been included in the prestigious Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential players of 2026. The special thing is that he is the only Indian player in this list. Even veteran players like Virat Kohli-Rohit Sharma have not been able to make a place in this list.

Smriti Mandhana’s name associated with Ronaldo-Messi

Indian female star cricketer Smriti Mandhana has made a place in the special list of Time magazine. In this list of Time, those special players from all over the world have been included who are changing the sports world today with their brilliant performance. This list includes big names like American basketball legend LeBron James, football star Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz. Amidst all these greats, the 29 year old Indian star cricketer has made his strong presence felt.

Many big records in the name of Mandhana

Indian star opener Smriti Mandhana has been performing consistently well for the last few years. She has played an important role in taking Indian women’s cricket to new heights. There are many big records in his name in the cricket world. She is the first Indian woman player to score a double century in a domestic ODI match. Apart from this, she is the first Indian woman to score a century in all three formats for India in international cricket. He has a total of 17 centuries in his name in international cricket. Also, Smriti is the first female cricketer to score more than 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year in ODI cricket.

smriti mandhana cricket career

Talking about the cricket career of 29-year-old Indian star opener Smriti Mandhana, she has so far scored 635 runs in 8 test matches for India, which includes 2 centuries and one half-century. Apart from this, he has scored 5411 runs in 120 innings of 120 ODI matches, which includes 35 half-centuries and 14 centuries. Smriti has scored 4401 runs in 161 innings of 167 T20 matches. During this period, he has scored 34 half-centuries and 1 century.