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Smriti mandhana biography

Smriti Srinivasan Mandhana is an Indian cricketer by profession. Smriti mandhana was born on 18 July 1996, she belongs to Maharashtra. Left hand explosive batter Smriti mandhana used to play for the Indian women cricket team in all three formats including test matches, ODIs, and T20 cricket tournaments. The year 2018 was the year of achievements for Smriti Mandhana first she was named best international women cricketer of the year by Board of cricket control (BCCI) in June 2018.

In the same year later in December 2018 Smriti was awarded by international Cricket Council (ICC) with the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year. Smriti Mandhana was nominated for the ICC women’s T20 player of the year on 30 December 2021. Smriti mandhana was nominated for ICC women’s cricketer of the year in December 2001, apart from Smriti Tammy Beaumont, Lizelle Lee and Gabi Lewis was also nominated for the same. In January 2022 Smriti Mandhana was honoured with the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award by the International Cricket Council for the ICC women’s cricketer of the year 2022. Smriti Mandhana details are given below:

Name	Smriti Mandhana
Full Name	Smriti Shrinivas Mandhana
Father’s Name	Shrinivas Mandhana
Mother’s Name	Smita Mandhana
Date of birth	18 – July – 1996
Place of birth	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Age	26 years
Caste	Marwadi
Religion	Hindu
Marriage	Single
Brother	Shravan Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana Jersey number	18
Profession	Indian Women National Team Player
Role in cricket	Left hand batsman
Favourite player	Sachin Tendulkar
Education	B. Com
Smriti Mandhana Instagram Id	smriti_mandhana
Eye and hair colour	Black

Smriti mandhana early life

Smriti Mandhana personal life – Smriti Mandhana was born on 18th of July 1996 in Mumbai. Smriti Mandhana belongs to the Marwadi family; her family consists of her father, mother and one brother, Shravan. Shrinivas Mandhana is Smriti Mandhana’s father and Smita Mandhana is her mother, by profession Smriti’s father Shrinivas Mandhana is a chemical distributor and her mother is house maker. When Smriti Mandhana was only 2 years old her family moved to Madhav Nagar, Sangli in Maharashtra.

We can say cricket was always in the blood of Smriti Mandhana because before Smriti her father Shriniwas Mandhana and her brother Shravan Mandhana have also played Indian district level cricket for Sangli. Smriti  got inspired by her brother while watching him play for the under 16 Cricket tournament  Maharashtra. 

Smriti Mandhana was always a talented player and got selected  for under 15 Maharashtra cricket team only at the age of 9 years, She kept improving her cricket skills and got selected for under 19 Maharashtra cricket team at the age of 11 years. She was living in Maharashtra which is known for “Cricket.” However, there were lots of opportunities to play cricket and reach your destination of becoming a cricketer but at the same time there was much more competition and if a girl is being selected twice for the age category in which she is 4 to 5 year younger than her colleagues. This shows how talented this girl is and India is expecting a lot more from Smriti Mandhana in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 which is going to be held from 4th of March 2022.

Smriti mandhana’s family was very supportive and closely involved with Smriti mandhana for her cricket activities. Her father Shrinivas maintains all the cricket programs and timings of  his daughter Smriti mandhana whereas her mother Smita packs her bags and lunch box so that she can practice and play cricket matches with full energy.

Smriti mandhana domestic cricket career

Smriti Mandhana Cricket History – Maharashtra was Smriti Mandhana domestic team and in 2013 Smriti scored her first double hundred for Maharashtra team in the west zone under 19 tournament against Gujarat at Alembic cricket ground Vadodara. Left hand explosive batter Smriti scored not out 224 off only 150 balls. Smriti participated in Women’s Challenger Trophy in 2016 and scored 3 fifty’s for India Red team and against India blue team. In 2016 Smriti played her first (WBBL) Women Big Bash League for Brisbane Heat, she was signed for 1 year contract. Apart from Smriti another women cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur was also signed by Brisbane and these two girls became first two women cricketer from India to get signed for WBBL. In Juned 2018 Mandhana became first Women Indian cricketer who got signed for Kia Super League.

Smriti mandhana international cricket career

Smriti Mandhana international career – Smriti Mandhana started her test cricket journey in August 2014 against England at Wormsley Park. India won that match and Smriti contributed 22 and 51 runs in both innings. Smriti Mandhana scored her first international ODI century (102 of 109 balls) in 2016 against Australia at Bellerive Oval in Hobart however, India lost that match, she scored her 2nd hundred (106*) against the West Indies. Smriti Mandhana was the part of the World Cup 2017 when India lost the match against England by 9 runs only.

In February 2019 Smriti Mandhana scored fastest 50 runs off just 24 balls for India against New Zealand in the T20 tournament. In August 2017- 18 India womens tri nation series she scored a half century of 30 balls against Australia. In February 2019 she was selected as captain of team India women’s T20 squad for 3 matches against England. Smriti Mandana became the youngest T20 captain women T20 India when India played against England in Guwahati under Smriti’s captaincy.

In 2019 at CEAT International cricket awards Smriti mandhana won International women cricket of the year award. In november 2019 Smriti played her 51st innings and became the second fastest cricketer to complete 2000 runs in WODIs.

smriti mandhana international centuries

Smriti Mandhana Test Centuries

Matches	Year	Runs	Opponents	Venue
1	2021	127	Australia	Carrara Stadium, Gold Cost Australia

Smriti Mandhana ODI Centuries

Match	Year	Runs	Opponents	Venue
16	2016	102	Australia	Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia
25	2017	106*	West Indies	Country ground, Taunton, England
135	2018	135	South Africa	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley, South Africa
105	2019	105	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand

smriti mandhana honour and awards

2018 – BCCI Women cricket of the year.

2019 – Arjun Award by Indian Government.

2019 – ICC Women ODI player of the year.

2019 – ICC Women Cricketer of the year.

2022 – ICC Women Cricketer of the year on 24.01.2022

smriti mandhana net worth

Female cricketer salary – Smriti is the most popular women cricketer in India and when it comes to women cricketer salary, she earns yearly Rs 50 lakh for representing Indian women’s cricket team. One can identify her popularity by her Instagram followers. She is a player surrounded by lots of sponsors and as per February 2021 Smriti Mandhana net worth is 22 crore. Smriti is also helping students by free python programming and advance AI for one million learners.

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