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Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana created a new record
Smriti scored 68 runs against Pakistan
Smriti’s name joins 100 influential players

Smriti Mandhana: The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 is currently underway. Indian teamshas started the tournament with a win. India has defeated Pakistan by 64 runs. In India’s victory Smriti Mandhanahas been a great contribution. When the team was in trouble, Smriti played a brilliant knock of 68 runs. Tomorrow the Indian team will play a match against the Netherlands. Before that, there is a good news for Smriti and Indian cricket.

Smriti Mandhana, the vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team and a dashing batsman, has struck a chord with India and herself at the global level. Smriti Mandhana has been ranked among the 100 most influential sportspersons of this year announced by the famous Time magazine. She is the only Indian player to make it to the entire list.

IND W vs PAK W: Smriti-Harmanpreet pair make historic record! Biggest partnership ever against Pakistan

Athletes, coaches and investors have been included in the 2026 list released by Time. The names of those who have given a new direction to their field and have done great influential work, are seen in this list. This list also includes Cristiano Ronaldo, basketball legend LeBron James. This shows how great is the success achieved by Smriti Mandhana.

Smriti Mandhana is currently serving as the vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team. Currently, Smriti is the most popular player in women’s cricket not only in India but also in the world. Smriti is leading RCB in the Women’s Premier League. It is because of the impact she has made and her consistent performance in international cricket that ‘Time’ has selected her in this list.

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Historic record of Smriti-Harmanpreet Jodi

In this match against Pakistan, the Indian team got off to a poor start and lost two wickets for just 18 runs. Then skipper Harmanpreet Kaur came in to bat and shared the innings with Smriti Mandhana. The pair put on a brilliant 91-run stand for the third wicket to pull India out of a difficult situation. This is India’s highest ever partnership for any wicket against Pakistan in T20Is. The previous record was held by Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana, who added 85 runs for the first wicket in 2024.