India, Sept. 4 -- Few things in cricket match the sight of Smriti Mandhana when she enters a flow state. Against Hong Kong, she found that rhythm and never quite let go, producing a sublime 124 off 64 balls to help India win by 137 runs in their Asia Cup fixture in Dubai on Thursday.

The Indian bowling line-up backed up Mandhana with a commanding display to bowl Hong Kong out for 56 runs, unsurprisingly led by Deepti Sharma (3/9) who also became the leading wicket-taker in T20Is with 174 wickets. Prema Rawat, Shree Charani and Nandni Sharma picked up two wickets apiece.

The opener from Sangli reached her highest individual score in T20Is, while also surpassing Mithali Raj to become the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket...