Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma Set Women's T20I Batting Record Against England

India's youngest Test captain Shubman Gill made history at Edgbaston by scoring a century in the second Test against England, joining an elite group of Indian captains including Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni to achieve this feat there. Meanwhile, Indian women cricketers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma set new records in T20 Internationals, becoming the most successful batting pair in the format with 2,727 runs together, surpassing Australia’s Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy. Mandhana also became the first Indian woman to score centuries in all three cricket formats and the first left-hander in women’s cricket to play 150 T20 Internationals, joining elite company alongside players like Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur. Her century against England propelled her closer to the world's number one T20I batter ranking, reaching 771 rating points and placing her third globally. Though Mandhana and Verma did not perform well in the second T20I against England, their overall contributions have been pivotal for Indian women’s cricket. These milestones underscore the rising dominance and historic achievements of Indian cricket on both the men's and women's sides during the England series.