Mumbai: Indian women’s player Smriti Manthana has achieved 3000 runs in Twenty20 international cricket. The 27-year-old reached the milestone in her career in the Twenty20 match against Australia. The Indian vice-captain scored a match-winning half-century against Australia in the match at Navi Mumbai on Friday. With 54 runs off 52 balls, Kutty crossed 3000 in cricket. With the fastest female player to achieve this feat.
Smriti Manthana became the fourth Indian player to complete 3000 runs in Twenty20 cricket. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur are the other Indian players who have achieved this feat. After Susie Bates, Meg Lanning, Stephanie Taylor, Harmanpreet and Sophie Devine, she also became the sixth female player to complete 3000 of runs in women’s T20.
In the first Twenty20 match against Australia, India won by nine wickets. After losing the ODI series, the hosts came back strongly in the first Twenty20.
#runs #Twenty20 #cricket #Smriti #Manthana #Rohit #Kohli
