Smriti Mandhana is one of the best batters of all time in women’s cricket, and on Wednesday (July 16), she entered her name in the list of top 10 leading run getters in women’s ODIs. The 28-year-old left-handed batter opened the innings for the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side against England in the 259-run chase in the match taking place at The Rose Bowl Stadium in Southampton and scored 28 runs from 24 balls with the help of five fours. She needed 20 runs in the match to go past England batter Tammy Beaumont’s tally of 4492 runs, and she achieved the objective by taking two runs on the last ball of the sixth ball bowled by Lauren Bell. By crossing the 27-run mark during her stay at the crease in the series opener, Mandhana also completed 4500 runs in women’s ODIs. She is the second Indian batter after Mithali Raj to score more than 4500 runs in women’s ODIs. The world record for scoring the most runs in women’s ODIs is held by Mithali. During her 23-year-long career, Mithali played 232 ODIs for India and, with the help of seven centuries and 64 half-centuries, amassed a total of 7805 runs. Most runs in women ODIs Mithali Raj Charlotte Edwards Suzie Bates New Zealand Sarah Taylor Belinda Clark Karen Rolton Amy Satterthwaite New Zealand Meg Lanning Laura Wolvaardt South Africa Smriti Mandhana Mandhana, on the other hand, has scored 11 centuries and 31 fifties in women’s ODIs. Only Australia’s Meg Lanning (15), Suzie Bates of New Zealand (13) and Beaumont (12) have scored more centuries in women’s ODIs than Mandhana. Most 100s in women’s ODIs Meg Lanning Suzie Bates New Zealand Tammy Beaumont Smriti Mandhana Hayley Matthews West Indies Nat Sciver-Brunt Chamari Athapaththu Charlotte Edwards England post 258/6 In the first ODI, after Nat Sciver-Brunt won the toss and opted to bat first, England rode on half-centuries from Sophia Dunkley (83) and Alice Davidson-Richards (53) to post a total of 258 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets in 50 overs. For India, Kranti Goud and Sneh Rana picked up two wickets each, and one English batter was sent back to the pavilion by Amanjot Kaur and Shree Charani.