Smriti Mandhana (Source: AFP) India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was regal as ever, scoring 79 off 45 before Richa Ghosh (48 off 22) came up with a brutal assault in the death overs to fire India to 216 for three, the highest total in Asian Games history. Once India scaled that record total, the result was a foregone conclusion.All Sri Lankan hopes were pinned on skipper Chamari Athapaththu (29 off 21), but she alone could not take the fight to the Indians. Sri Lanka capitulated for 69 all out in 15.4 overs as Indian spinners ran through the opposition.Smriti Mandhana Scripts History At Asian Games 2026On the same day, Mandhana added another feather to her already illustrious cap, becoming the first woman cricketer to complete 11,000 runs in international cricket.Mandhana recently also became the highest run-scorer across the three formats in women's cricket when she surpassed legend and former India captain Mithali Raj's record of 10,868 runs during the recently concluded Asia Cup.Also read: List Of All Records Broken By Smriti Mandhana In Women’s Asian Games Final vs SLLet's take a look at the list of titles and honours won by Smriti Mandhana as India's captain.Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 TitleIndia lifted the 50-Over World Cup trophy on November 2, 2025, beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai. Smriti Mandhana served as the vice-captain of the Indian team that won their maiden ICC Women's Cricket World Cup title in 2025.Mandhana was a vital pillar at the top of the order, accumulating 434 runs during the tournament. She smashed a stellar 50-ball hundred against England in the group stages, then notched her 14th WODI century against New Zealand.During the World Cup match against Australia in Visakhapatnam on October 12, 2025, she became the first woman to score 1,000 ODI runs in a single calendar year and crossed the 5,000-run milestone in Women’s ODIs as the fastest and youngest to do so (in 112 innings).Asian Games Gold: 2022, 2026Smriti Mandhana produced a gold-medal masterclass, anchoring India's record 216/3 with a superb 79 before their bowlers completed a 147-run demolition of Sri Lanka. Her innings set the tone as India successfully defended their Asian Games women's cricket crown.Mandhana and the Indian women's cricket team won consecutive Asian Games gold medals by defeating Sri Lanka in the 2022 (held in 2023) and 2026 finals.Women’s Premier League titles: 2024, 2026Smriti Mandhana captained Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to two Women's Premier League (WPL) titles in the 2024 and 2026 seasons.Mandhana became the second captain to win two WPL titles, equaling Harmanpreet Kaur's record.In the 2026 final against Delhi Capitals, RCB chased down the target of 204, completing the highest successful run chase in WPL history. She scored 377 runs during the 2026 season to claim the Orange Cap as the tournament's leading run-scorer.Women’s Asia Cup: 2016, 2022, 2026The left-handed opener has lifted the Women’s Asia Cup trophy thrice with India, winning it in 2016, 2022, and most recently in September 2026.As an integral pillar of the team's top order, India's star opener and vice-captain has consistently stepped up during these continental championship runs.In 2022, she played a pivotal role in reclaiming the crown in Sylhet, smashing an unbeaten 51* off just 25 balls in the final against Sri Lanka to wrap up an easy chase.In the 2026 tournament in Dubai, she teamed up with Shafali Verma for a record-breaking 129-run opening stand in the final against Sri Lanka, scoring a crucial 59 off 39 balls to guide India to its record-extending eighth Asia Cup title.BCCI Best International Cricketer (Women): 2018, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025The 30-year-old has won the BCCI Best International Cricketer (Women) award for the second year in a row and the fifth time in her career.A key member of India’s women’s 2025 ODI World Cup-winning campaign, Smriti was the tournament’s second highest scorer with 434 runs. She also set a record for the most ODI hundreds in a year with five in 2025. ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award): 2018, 2021India’s stylish left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year twice in her career, in 2018 and 2021.In 2018, the then 22-year-old scored 669 runs at an average of 66.90 in 12 ODIs and 622 runs at a strike rate of 130.67 in 25 T20Is during the voting period, which ran from 1 January to 31 December 2018.She imitated the same performance in 2021 across all formats of the game. She scored 855 runs in 22 internationals at an average of 38.86, which included one century and five half-centuries.ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2018, 2024Smriti Mandhana made waves in the 2024 season with her magnificent batting performances in One-Day Internationals. She won her first ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year award since 2018 after a stellar year in which she amassed 747 runs at an average of 57.46.Previously, a 22-year-old Mandhana was named the Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2018 after scoring 669 runs at an average of 66.90 in 12 ODIs and 622 runs at a strike rate of 130.67 in 25 T20Is during the voting period, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2018.Also read: Who Was India’s Captain In 1st, 50th, 100th, 150th, And 200th T20I Wins?
