Smriti Mandhana scored the highest number of runs by an Indian player in a Women’s World Cup in the 2025 edition, during the final aganst South Africa at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai on Sunday.

Smriti moved past Mithali Raj, who had scored 409 runs in 2017.

Mandhana concluded the tournament as India’s top scorer and second overall, behind South Africa’s captain Laura Wolvaardt, who scored 470 runs. Mandhana accumulated 434 runs across nine innings, with an average of 54.25, including a century and two fifties, with her highest score being 109.

Previously, Mithali Raj had India’s best-ever World Cup batting performance in the 2017 edition, amassing 409 runs in nine innings at an average of 45.44 and a strike rate of 70.15, achieving a century and three fifties, with her

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