Smriti Mandhana Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Smriti Mandhana

• She belongs to a family of cricketers. His father and brother played district-level cricket for Sangli. She made up her mind to be a cricketer after watching her brother play at the Maharashtra state Under-16 tournaments. Shravan, her brother, still bowls her in the nets.

• Mandhana was just 9 when she was selected to play for Maharashtra’s Under-15 team at district level.
  

  Smriti Mandhana’s childhood photo while playing cricket in her room

• Besides cricket, Smriti loves to watch football and tennis. Smriti is an avid fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.

• Maharashtra’s Under-19 Cricket team picked her up in 2007 to play for them when she was just 11.

• At 15, Smriti wanted to pursue science further but her mother stopped her from doing so, saying that she would not be able to handle both things together.

• Smriti was 16 years old when she made her international debut in 2013 against Bangladesh.

• Smriti scored a half-century on her test debut against England in 2014.

• In September 2016, she became one of the first two Indians to be signed to play in the Women’s Big Bash League after Brisbane Heat signed her up for the then edition of the tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur is the other one.

• In 2016, Smriti scored her maiden international century against Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart in an ODI match. She scored 102 runs in 109 balls.

• Smriti was selected in the 2016 ICC Women’s Team of the Year.

• Smriti loves to play BGMI in her free time.

• Smriti once said that she would have become a chef if she had not become a cricketer. She also owns a cafe in her hometown, Sangli, named SM 18 Sports Café opened in 2019.
  

  Photo of Smriti Mandhana and her brother at her cafe

• In February 2019, Smriti scored the fastest T20I half-century by an Indian batter. She scored the half-century in 24 balls.

• In February 2019, Smriti achieved the status of No. 1 batter in the ICC women’s ODI rankings.

• Smriti and Palash’s love story started when Palash proposed to Smriti in front of his sister and dedicated a romantic song to her.

• Smriti and his brother Shravan both are right-handed but due to their father’s fascination for left-handed batters, they opted to become left-handed batters too.

• Smriti took 49 innings to score 1000 runs in T20I cricket making her the 3rd quickest Indian to achieve this feat.

• Smriti endorses various brands like SBI, The Leela, Hyundai, Dairy Milk, Maggi, Tata Tea Gold, Herbal Life, and A23 Rummy.
  

  Smriti Mandhana in a Hyundai ad commercial

• Smriti was India’s top scorer in the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup with 327 runs from 7 matches.

• Smriti was part of the India team that won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
  

  Smriti Mandhana posing with the Commonwealth Games silver medal

• In February 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore bought her in the inaugural WPL auction for Rs. 3.4 crore, the highest bid for a player in that auction. ^[4]Mint

• Smriti was the vice-captain of the India team that won the Gold medal at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou.

• Smriti guided her team Royal Challengers Bangalore to win the WPL title in 2024.
  

  Smriti Mandhana posing with the WPL trophy during the celebrations