Smriti Mandhana | Biography, Games, Family, Net Worth

Biography of Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team. Smriti Mandhana's full name is Smriti Sriniwas Mandhana. Smriti Mandhana's birthday is July 18. In June 2018, she received the Best Women's International Cricketer award from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In December 2018, she received the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for Best Women's Cricketer from the International Cricket Council (ICC). On December 30, 2021, she was nominated for the ICC Women's T20 Player of the Year. Smriti Mandhana's birthplace is Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Smriti Mandhana's zodiac sign is Cancer. Smriti Mandhana's birth year is 1996. As of 2022, Smriti Mandhana's age is 26 years old. She Tammy Beaumont Lizelle Lee and Gaby Lewis were finalists for the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year Award in December 2021. She received the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year Award from Rachael Heyhoe-Flint from the ICC in January 2022. She is a left-handed opener who can occasionally bowl with right-arm medium pace. Moreover, she also won the Arjuna Award earlier this year.

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When she was two years old, her family moved to Madhavnagar Sangli in Maharashtra, where she completed her schooling. She got the idea to play cricket after seeing her elder brother playing in many Maharashtra Under-16 tournaments. Both her father and elder brother Shravan played cricket for Sangli at the district level. She was selected for the Maharashtra Under-15 team when she was nine years old.

Mandhana is a member of a Marwari family and was born on July 18, 1996 in Mumbai to parents Smita and Shrinivas Mandhana. When she was two years old, her family moved to Madhavnagar Sangli in Maharashtra where she started her education. Her elder brother Shravan and her father were both district-level Sangli cricketers. She started playing cricket after seeing her brother playing in the Maharashtra Under-16 tournament. At the age of nine, she was selected for the Maharashtra Under-15 team. At the age of eleven, she was selected for the Maharashtra Under-19 team.

Mandhana’s family actively supported her in cricket and played an important role in helping her reach this level. Smriti Mandhana’s mother Smita took care of her food, clothing and other organizational matters, while Smriti Mandhana’s father Shrinivas, a chemical dealer, managed her cricket program. Her brother Shravan continued to bowl to her in the nets.

Smriti Mandhana's career

She took the first step forward when she became the first Indian woman to score a double hundred in a one-day match in October 2013. She scored an unbeaten 224 off just 150 balls for Maharashtra against Gujarat in the Western Zone Under-19 Championship at the Alembic Cricket Stadium in Vadodara. She has been selected as India's vice-captain for the 2022 Commonwealth Games cricket tournament to be held in Birmingham, England in July 2022.

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Mandana helped India Red win the 2016 Women's Challenger Cup with an unbeaten knock of 62 runs from 82 balls against India Blue. She also hit three half-centuries against India Red. She ended up being the top scorer of the tournament with 192 runs.

In September 2016, Mandana signed a one-year contract with Brisbane Heat to play in the Women's Baseball League (WBBL), becoming one of the first two Indian players in the league along with Harmanpreet Kaur. In January 2017, she injured her knee in a match against Melbourne Renegades when she fell while catching the ball after bowling the last ball of the match. She was disqualified from the rest of the tournament, although she won the match.

In June 2018, Mandana signed with the league's defending champions Western Storm, becoming the first Indian player to play in the Kia Super League. In November 2018, she was included in the Hobart Hurricanes' roster for the 2018-19 Women's Major League season. She was picked by Southern Warriors in the 2021 draft to play in the Centurions' first season. She played 7 games for them, scoring 167 runs, before leaving them for the India tour of Australia.

In September 2021, she was added to the Sydney Thunder in preparation for the 2021-22 Women's Major League season. She tied the match record for the highest score in a season with a total of 100. In February 2022, she was hired by the Southern Warriors for the 2022 Hundred Season.

Smriti Mandhana's international career

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In August 2014, Mandanna made her Test debut against England at Walmsley Park. She contributed to the team's victory by scoring 22 and 51 in the first and second innings respectively. In the later innings, she chased 182 and also partnered with Tirush Kamini to score 76 in the first innings.

During the second One-Day International of India's 2016 tour of Australia at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania, Mandana scored her first international hundred (102 off 109 balls) despite the team's defeat. Only Mandana represented India in the 2016 ICC Women's Team of the Year.

Mandana joined the 2017 World Cup squad after overcoming a ruptured ACL she suffered while playing in a WBBL match in January 2017. She missed the South Africa quad series and the World Cup qualifiers during her five-month recuperation period. She opened the World Cup campaign with a 90 in the first group match against England in Derby. She contributed to the team's 35-run win and was named Player of the Match. She then scored 106 in a one-day international against the West Indies, her second hundred. Mandana was a member of the Indian team that reached the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup final, but lost to England by nine runs.

In February 2019, Smriti Mandhana scored the fastest fifty in a Women's T20 International for India in just 24 balls. She also scored a fifty for India in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) in March 2018. In the 2017-18 Women's Tri-Nation Series between India and Australia, she took 30 balls to reach that mark. She won the Player of the Series award for the three WODI matches in England the following month. She scored her first hundred in the 2018 Women's Premier League on 3 August 2018.

In October 2018, she was selected in the Indian squad for the Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She was considered a star of the team participating in the tournament. She became the third Indian player to score 1,000 runs in a WT20I match during the tournament. That year, she finished with 669 runs at an average of 66.90, becoming the highest WODI scorer. She won the ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year Award and the ICC Women's Cricket Player of the Year Award.

Smriti Mandhana's fame

She was selected as the captain of the Indian women's T20I team for the three-match series against England in February 2019. She captained the women's team against England in the first T20I match in Guwahati and created history by becoming the youngest T20I captain of India. The opening batsman of the Indian women's cricket team, aged 22 years and 229 days, replaced Harmanpreet Kaur who was unable to play in the three-match series due to an ankle injury.

She was named International Women's Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT International Cricket Awards in May 2019. She achieved this milestone in her 51st innings, making her the third fastest cricketer to reach 2,000 runs in an innings in WODIs during the West Indies series in November 2019.

She was selected in the Test squad for India's single match against England in May 2021. She was also selected in the Test squad for India's single match against Australia in August 2021. She scored her first century in Test cricket in her opening innings of the match. She created history in Australia by becoming the first Indian female cricketer to score a century in both ODIs and Test matches. She was selected in the Indian squad for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup to be held in New Zealand in January 2022.

Smriti Mandhana's career timeline

Batting Statistics (as of 2022)

game type	rice	Inn	running	100 seconds	the 50s	average
Overseas direct investment	76	76	3023	5	twenty four	43.18
test	4	7	325	1	2	46.42
T20 Series	95	93	2303	0	17	27.09

Smriti Mandhana Controversy

The altercation with the Rajasthan players

Maharashtra cricketer Smriti Mandhana was dismissed, the left-handed batsman was out after scoring 28 runs. Mandhana hit three boundaries and one six in this innings. The Maharashtra captain was dismissed by Rajasthan bowler KP Choudhary in the ninth over of the innings. Striker Mandhana also got into an argument with the opposing cricketer after this controversial dismissal. Smriti Mandhana was dismissed without a striker. Mandhana was unhappy and had a heated argument with the Rajasthan team and Jassia Akhter. Rajasthan was also making fun of her.

Smriti Mandhana’s Net Worth

Smriti is currently one of the faces of Indian cricket. The 25-year-old mainly plays for the Trailblazers in the Women's T20 Challenge as an opener. She has also played for a number of different teams in the WBBL. It is estimated that Smriti Mandana is worth around INR 25 crores. Her wealth comes from investments, endorsements, career earnings, and other means.

According to reports, Smriti Mandhana gets an annual salary (contract) of Rs 50 lakh from BCCI. Besides, Smriti Mandhana also supports companies like Red Bull Nike Guvi BAS Boost Manyavar. Swift Dezire and Hyundai Creta are among the vehicles in her collection. The batsman from India lives in Sangli, Maharashtra.

She lives in an apartment building. There are several rooms in the house, one of which is a fitness room and another is a photo studio. The hall is very spacious, airy and full of natural light. Smriti Mandhana's room is fully furnished with wooden flooring and a large cabinet.

Awards and Records of Smriti Mandhana

• 2016- Won the title of the only Indian player in the 2016 ICC Women's Team of the Year
• 2017-Won the Youth Sports Outstanding Figure Award
• 2017-Vogue Athlete of the Year
• 2017-BBC 100 Women
• 2017-Wisden World Outstanding Female Cricketer
• 2018-Women's ODI Player of the Year
• 2018-Women Cricketer of the Year
• 2018–Won the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award
• 2019-Won the Arjuna Award
• 2019–Won the Navbharat Times Award
• 2020 – Sportstar ACES Female Athlete of the Year (Cricket)
• 2021 – Won the International Cricket Council's Rachel Hayhoe Flint Award for Women's Cricketer of the Year

Interesting facts about Smriti Mandhana

• In the Western Zone U-19 Cricket League, Smriti scored an unbeaten 224 against Gujarat using the bat gifted to her by Rahul Dravid.
• She has worn the same number of jerseys as Virat Kohli (18).
• She admired Matthew Hayden and Kumar Sangakkara.
• Smriti Mandhana speaks highly of her cricket teammate Jhulan Goswami and considers him as her role model.
• Smriti’s outstanding achievements have earned her a spot on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for 2019.
• She started 2019 as the number one ranked women batsman according to the ICC rankings.
• When Smriti was six years old, her elder brother encouraged her to take up cricket. From that moment on, her life changed.
• She was named in the International Cricket Council's women's team of the year as the only Indian batsman.
• Smriti Mandhana scored her first ODI century against Australia in Hobart, scoring 102 runs.
• In October 2013, Mandana became the first Indian woman to score two hundreds in a one-day match while playing for Maharashtra against Gujarat.
• Smriti Mandhana has become the second Indian player to sign a one-year contract with Brisbane Heat for the Women’s Grand Slam League after Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur.

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