Smriti Mandhanabecame the fifth woman to register 5000 runs in women's ODIs. She also became the first women's player to notch up 1000 runs in a calendar year. Smriti had already broken Belinda Clark's 970-run tally in a year in India's previous Women's World Cup clash against South Africa.
Ahead of the current match against Australia, Smriti was only 18 shy of amassing 1000 runs in the calendar year, and she attained the historic milestone with a maximum off Sophie Molineux's bowling on the third ball of her first over.
Speaking of the ongoing tournament, Smriti did not have a particularly good start as she could score only eight in the tournament-opener against Sri Lanka before being falling for 23 each against Pakistan and South Africa.