Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring only 13 runs against South Africa in the first T20 played on Friday. In this innings played in 14 balls, he hit 1 six. But by scoring just one run, he broke a big record of Rohit Sharma. Before Friday, Rohit was the highest run-scorer for Indians (men and women) in T20 Internationals, but now Smriti has come on top.

Indian women’s cricket team will play 5 T20 matches on the tour of South Africa. The first T20 was played in Durban on Friday, in which the Indian team, batting first, scored 157 runs. Smriti Mandhana could not play a big innings, she scored only 13 runs in 14 balls. But with this innings he created history. She became the highest run-scorer Indian in T20 International, with 4244 runs in this format. Rohit Sharma has 4231 runs, who has now retired from T20 International.

Smriti Mandhana created history

Smriti Mandhana had equaled this record of Rohit Sharma on 21 February 2026, when she played an amazing inning of 82 runs against Australia in Adelaide. On April 17, he broke Rohit’s record by taking just 1 run in the first T20 against South Africa.

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Talking about Smriti’s T20 International record, she has scored 4244 runs in 161 matches. He has one century and 33 half-centuries to his name in this format. Mandhana has hit 84 sixes and 570 fours in T20 International.

South Africa won the match

Batting first, the Indian women’s team scored 157 runs, captain Harmanpreet Kaur played an inning of 47 runs in 33 balls. Shefali Verma (34) and Jemimah Rodriguez (36) also played important innings. South Africa women’s team achieved this target on the first ball of the last over and won by 6 wickets.

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Chasing the target, South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt scored a half-century, scoring 51 runs in 39 balls. He was dismissed by Shreyanka Patil. Earlier, Patil had sent Sune Luus (13) to the pavilion cheaply. In the end, Anne Dirksen scored unbeaten 44 runs and led her team to victory. Ayabanga Khaka received the Player of the Match award, who took 3 important wickets for just 16 runs in 4 overs. Khaka had dismissed Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh and Arundhati Reddy.