Smriti Mandhana Creates History; Becomes First Player In The World To...

Smriti Mandhana created history in the 2025 WPL |Courtesy - BCCI

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Smriti Mandhana made a career-high score in the WPL

Mandhana-led RCB won their second game in a row

Mandhana completed 500 runs in WPL history

After a rare failure in the tournament opener against Gujarat Giants (GG), Smriti Mandhana was the star of the show as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) continued their unbeaten run in the 2025 Women's Premier League (WPL) with a thumping eight-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara.

Chasing a total of 142, RCB cruised to the target with 20 balls to spare as Mandhana took the attack to the DC bowlers. The RCB skipper made a knock of 81 in just 47 balls with 10 boundaries and three sixes at a strike-rate of 172.34.

Smriti Mandhana Creates History In WPL 2025

With the knock, Mandhana created history and became the first player in the history of the WPL to score multiple 80+ scores. Since the league's inception in 2022, there have been ten individual scores of more than 80, with the RCB skipper the only player to cross the mark twice. The knock against the Capitals was also a career-high for the 28-year-old in the cash-rich league, beating her previous record, which came with a knock of 80 in 50 balls against UP Warriorz (UPW) in the 2024 season at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Highest Individual Scores In WPL History

Player Runs Balls Faced Team Opponent Venue Year Sophie Devine 99 36 RCB GG Mumbai (CCI) 2023 Alyssa Healy 96* 47 UPW RCB Mumbai (CCI) 2023 Harmanpreet Kaur 95* 48 MI GG Delhi 2024 Tahila Mcgrath 90* 50 UPW DC Navi Mumbai 2023 Deepti Sharma 88* 60 UPW GG Delhi 2024 Beth Mooney 85* 51 GG RCB Delhi 2024 Shafali Verma 84 45 DC RCB Mumbai (CCI) 2023 Smriti Mandhana 81 47 RCB DC Vadodara 2025 Nat Sciver-Brunt 80* 58 MI DC Vadodara 2025 Smriti Mandhana 80 50 RCB UPW Bengaluru 2024 Talking about Mandhana, she had a horror first season in the league after being purchased for a whopping Rs.3.4 crore by RCB. In 2023, she made just 149 runs in eight innings at an average of 18.62 with no half-centuries. Later, she made 300 runs in 2024 with two half-centuries in 10 matches and played a key role in her team's title victory. Talking about Mandhana, she had a horror first season in the league after being purchased for a whopping Rs.3.4 crore by RCB. In 2023, she made just 149 runs in eight innings at an average of 18.62 with no half-centuries. Later, she made 300 runs in 2024 with two half-centuries in 10 matches and played a key role in her team's title victory.

In the victory over DC, Mandhana also completed 500 runs and became only sixth player in WPL history to achieve. She is the third Indian after Harmanpreet Kaur and Shafali Verma and only the second player from RCB after Elysse Perry to reach the milestone.

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