Smriti Mandhana biggest achievement; became the second Indian player who have played 100 T20I matches

India's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana has achieved a big achievement while playing the 100th match of her career in the match against Thailand. She has now become the second Indian player who have played 100 T20I matches.

Smriti Mandhana biggest achievement; became the second Indian player who have played 100 T20I matches
Smriti Mandhana biggest achievement; became the second Indian player who have played 100 T20I, image source: NDTV

Smriti Mandhana entry in the Women's Asia Cup against Thailand. This was the 100th T20I match of her career and she has become the second Indian woman player to achieve the feat. She was also the captain of the team in this match. 

Apart from her, Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the only Indian player to have played more than 100 T20I matches. Harmanpreet Kaur has played 135 T20I matches for her country. He has scored 2,647 runs at an average of 27.28 in which he has scored one century and 8 half-centuries. Apart from this, he has also taken 32 wickets in bowling.

On the other hand, if we talk about Smriti Mandhana, she has scored 2,373 runs in 100 matches at an average of 26.96. He has scored 17 half-centuries in this innings while his highest score is 86 runs. 

The world's most match-playing player in T20I cricket is New Zealand's Suzie Bates, who has played 136 matches. India's Harmanpreet Kaur is at number two. England's Daniel Waite (135 matches) is at number three, while Alyssa Healy (132 matches) is at number four and Deandra Dottin of West Indies is at number five. He has played 127 T20I matches. 

Talking about the match, Thailand's batsmen did not play in front of the Indian bowlers and the entire team was all out after scoring only 37 runs. India's most successful bowler was Sneh Rana, who took 3 wickets, apart from Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Deepti Sharma, 2-2 players were dismissed. India achieved the target of 38 runs in 6 overs losing 1 wicket and won the match by 9 wickets. Sabbhineni Meghna scored 20 not out and Pooja Vastrakar scored 12 runs for India. 

Players who played most T20I matches - 

Suzy Bates -136 matches

Harmanpreet Kaur-135 matches

Daniel Waite - 135 matches

Alyssa Healy-132 Match

Deandra Dottin - 127 matches