Durban, April 18 -- Indian women's cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana scripted history by becoming India's highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals during the first India vs South Africa Women's match of the five-match T20I series, at Durban, on Friday. Mandhana surpassed the 2024 T20 World Cup-winning captain Rohit Sharma's record for most T20I runs by an Indian batter.

Smriti Mandhana has now scored 4,244 runs in 155 innings (161 matches) at an average of 30.31 and a strike rate of 124.38, including one century and 33 fifties, making her one of India's most prolific and consistent batters in the format.

Coming into the match against South Africa Women, Smriti Mandhana was level with Rohit Sharma on 4,231 T20I runs. She added 13...