Mandhana and Pratika rewrite the record books with historic partnership
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal etched their names into history by recording India Women's first-ever 200-plus partnership in a World Cup, while breaking several other records along the way.
The duo has amassed 1,557 runs together in ODIs in 2025, a tally surpassed only once in history — by Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly’s 1,635 runs in 1998, the highest partnership aggregate in a single calendar year across men’s and women’s ODIs. Remarkably, four of the top five entries in this elite list now belong to Indian pairs. In women’s cricket, the next best is a distant 972 runs between South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and Tazmin Brits this year.
Highest partnership aggregates in a calendar year (ODIs – Men or Women)
Runs
Pair
Inns
Avg
100s
Year
1635
Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (IND)
29
58.39
5
1998
1557
Smriti Mandhana & Pratika Rawal (IND-W)
20
77.85
5
2025
1523
Rohit Sharma & Shubman Gill (IND)
22
72.52
5
2023
1518
Adam Gilchrist & Mark Waugh (AUS)
36
42.16
2
1999
1483
Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly (IND)
31
47.83
4
2000
Their opening stand of 212 is now the highest for India Women in World Cup history, eclipsing the 184-run stand between Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur against West Indies in 2022.
Mandhana and Pratika also became just the fourth pair in Women’s ODIs to record multiple 200-plus stands, joining the elite company of Meg Lanning–Ellyse Perry (AUS), Tazmin Brits–Laura Wolvaardt (SA), and Tammy Beaumont–Amy Jones (ENG).
The pair now boasts seven century stands in only 23 innings, the joint second-most for any opening duo in ODI history. Only Belinda Clark and Lisa Keightley (10 in 66 innings) are ahead. Five of those have come in 2025 alone, equalling the all-time record for most century partnerships in a calendar year.
Their consistency is staggering — 13 fifty-plus stands in 20 innings this year, nearly double the next best (7 by any other pair in a calendar year).
This match also marked just the third time both openers have scored centuries in a Women's World Cup innings, after:
Lynne Thomas & Enid Bakewell (ENG vs INT-XI, 1973)
Lindsay Reeler & Ruth Buckstein (AUS vs NED, 1988)
Pratika Rawal’s stunning rise
Pratika reached 1,000 ODI runs in just 23 innings, the joint-fastest ever, alongside Australia’s Lindsay Reeler. Only Meg Lanning and Nicole Bolton (25 innings each) come close.
She achieved this feat within 304 days of her debut (Dec 22, 2024) — the quickest by days taken, obliterating Laura Wolvaardt’s previous best of 734 days.
With 976 runs in 2025, Pratika stands second only to Mandhana’s 1,259, surpassing Belinda Clark’s 970 from 1997 shortly after scoring her maiden World Cup hundred.
Mandhana’s imperious 2025
Mandhana now has 14 ODI hundreds, second only to Meg Lanning’s 15, followed by Suzie Bates (13), Tammy Beaumont (12), and Nat Sciver-Brunt (10). Nine of Mandhana’s hundreds have come since January 2024.
Her five centuries in 2025 are the joint-most in a calendar year in Women’s ODIs, alongside Tazmin Brits, while her four in 2024 rank next. This latest ton was also her third in World Cups, equalling Harmanpreet Kaur for the most by an Indian.
Mandhana has also matched Meg Lanning’s record of 17 international hundreds, the joint-most by any woman cricketer.
Her 31 sixes in ODIs this year set a new record for the most in a single year, overtaking Lizelle Lee’s 28 (2017). Overall, she now has 73 career ODI sixes, tied for third with Chloe Tryon, and trailing only Deandra Dottin (91) and Sophie Devine (75).
India Women have recorded 10 individual hundreds in ODIs in 2025, the most ever by any team in a single year, surpassing the previous record of eight (New Zealand 2018, South Africa 2025).
Finally, Mandhana’s tally of 5,194 ODI runs as an opener now makes her the most prolific opener in Women’s ODI history, overtaking Suzie Bates’ 5,088.
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