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Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the second semifinal T20I cricket match between India’s women and Bangladesh’s women in the ongoing Asian Games 2026 on September 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI India opener Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s T20Is, surpassing New Zealand great Suzie Bates’ tally of 4,758 runs during India’s…
When Smriti Mandhana scored her 18th international century against Hong Kong at the Women’s T20 Asia Cup in Dubai on Thursday (September 3, 2026) — in just 57 balls — she had set a new record for scoring the highest number of centuries in women’s international cricket across all formats. However, the century, which cemented…
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Smriti Mandhana. File picture | Photo Credit: ICC via Getty Images On that warm afternoon in Jaipur, Smriti Mandhana was talking about her childhood, about how her mother instilled a sense of competitiveness in her. Also Read | Style and substance: Smriti Mandhana’s batting is eye-catching and effective “She always used to ask me to…
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It was 25 years ago that Mark Butcher scored a monumental 173 not out in England’s successful chase against Australia in the Headingley Test. He scored seven other Test hundreds, some of them against the most fearsome attacks. He is now a popular commentator and sharp analyst of the game. Excerpts from Butcher’s exclusive interview…
That day is still fresh in memory. Because that innings is fresh in memory. The winter was setting in at Raipur. The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, some 20 kms away from the city, looked more imposing than usual as it was virtually empty. There were hardly any spectators for the Senior Women’s T20 Challenger…
What the Indian women had and the men lacked in England was better planning, more time to acclimatise (players have been there since May for the World Cup and the T20I series), sensible selection, superior captain-coach co-ordination, better fielding (that catch by Richa Ghosh at silly mid-off was one of the finest ever), keener awareness…
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Yastika effortlessly mixed caution with aggression. | Photo Credit: BCCI Yastika Bhatia had never scored an international century. She chose the best possible venue, or occasion, for that. Her maiden hundred became sweeter as it helped India score a massive win in the first-ever Women’s Test at Lord’s. Her 113 off 158 balls in the…
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Mark Butcher. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar Mark Butcher keeps his word. “I will find you in half an hour,” he says. He sure does. He says a lot more over the next half an hour. And you are fascinated. He is a sharp analyst of the game, and very articulate. Earlier this year,…
TIME’s profile for cricketer Smriti Mandhana said that the Mumbai-born left-handed opening batter was the “first Indian woman to score a double century in a domestic one-day game, the first to score a century in all three international formats, and is a joint holder of the most international women’s cricket centuries with 17” as it…
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India’s Jemimah Rodrigues in action during the India v Pakistan match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, Britain on June 14, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters India lost Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues to stutter to 30 for 2 at the end of the fifth over in…
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