India vs West Indies: Take a bow, Smriti Mandhana! Indian opener sets new record in Women's cricket!

Ace Indian opener Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women's cricket across all formats on Sunday after she made 91 runs from 102 balls against West Indies in a one-day international at Vadodra. 

The magnificent innings against the Carribeans, which included 13 boundaries, took Smriti Mandhana's tally for 2024 so far to 1,602 runs. The left-handed opener, who is the captain of defending WPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), Mandhana overtook South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt, who ended the year with 1593 runs, to reclaim the record she previously set in 2018 before losing it to England's Nat Sciver-Brunt in 2022.

28-year-old Mandhana has also set the record for most runs in a calendar year in women's T20 internationals, with 763 runs in 2024. The two teams will play two more ODIs against West Indies before the end of the year. 

Ind W vs WI W: As it happened at Vadodara

Sunday's knock was her fourth consecutive half-century as she shared a 110-run opening-wicket partnership with debutant Pratika Rawal (40) as India made a formidable 314 for 9. Apart from the openers, Harleen Deol (44) and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (34) also contributed to the Indian innings as they stitched a 66-run stand before Jemimah Rodrigues scored a quick-fire 31.

West Indies left-arm spinner Zaida James took five wickets for 45 runs.

During the time of compiling this report, India were on track for a huge win as the Renuka Singh-Indian bowlers managed to reduce West Indies to 48/6 in 16 overs. Only two batters managed to cross the double-digit mark for the visitors as Renuka claimed four wickets.