महिला विश्व कप 2025: माइलस्टोन्स की उम्मीद

Women's World Cup 2025: Milestones in store

The 13th edition of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup brings more than just a trophy – it's a stage for record-chases, personal landmarks, and historic firsts. This edition also marks the end of the eight-team format, with expansion planned for future tournaments.

Batting Milestones

• Suzie Bates is on the verge of breaking Debbie Hockley's record for most runs in Women's World Cups. Bates needs just 322 runs to surpass Hockley's 1501 runs.
• Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver-Brunt are also in contention for the top spot on the run-scoring leaderboard.
• Tazmin Brits has scored three consecutive centuries in her last three innings, becoming the second player in Women's ODIs to do so after Amy Satterthwaite. She could match Satterthwaite's four centuries in South Africa's opening World Cup match against England on October 3.
• Alyssa Healy's 509 runs in the 2022 World Cup are the most in a single edition.
• Bates needs only 257 runs to become the leading run-getter by a Women's player across formats, surpassing Mithali Raj's record (10868 runs).
• Ellyse Perry needs 516 runs to become the highest run-getter by an Australian woman, bettering Belinda Clark's (4844 runs).
• Sophie Devine needs 10 more runs for 4,000 ODI runs, becoming the fourth White Fern batter to reach the milestone.

Bowling Milestones

• Megan Schutt, Marizanne Kapp, and Ellyse Perry are all within striking distance of Jhulan Goswami's record for most wickets in Women's World Cup history (43).
• Sophie Ecclestone needs 12 more wickets to become England's second-highest ODI wicket-taker.
• Deepti Sharma is just two wickets away from surpassing Neetu David to become India's second-highest and leading spinner in ODI history, behind only Jhulan Goswami (255).
• Kapp and Perry need 12 and 15 wickets, respectively, in this tournament to become the third-highest leading-wicket taker in the ODI format after Goswami (255) and Shabnim Ismail (191).
• Perry (331 wickets) needs five more wickets to become the second most wicket-taker across formats after Goswami (355).
• Sune Luus needs one more five-wicket haul in ODIs to equal West Indies' Anisa Mohammed (6) for the most in the format. She also needs two more to equal Anisa's nine across formats.

Smriti Mandhana's Record-Breaking Run

• Smriti Mandhana is enjoying a phenomenal run of form in 2025. She recently notched up her 13th ODI century, placing her joint-second on the all-time list for most hundreds in Women's ODIs alongside Bates.
• Mandhana has scored four centuries in 2025, matching her tally from 2024 and equalling the record for the most ODI hundreds in a calendar year in Women's cricket.
• She needs just 112 runs to become the second Indian and fifth overall woman to reach 5000 ODI runs.
• Mandhana needs 501 runs more to complete 10,000 runs across formats and become just the fourth women's player to reach the milestone.
• Mandhana has piled up 549 runs in six innings in 2025. She needs just 131 more to break Emily Drumm's record (679 in 2000) for most runs at home in a calendar year – and one more hundred to become the first woman with four home tons in a single year.

Mandhana and Pratika Rawal's Opening Partnership

• Indian openers Mandhana and Pratika Rawal are the only pair to score over 1,000 partnership runs in a calendar year in women's ODIs, with three century stands in 2025.
• They need two more to equal the record of five in a year, set by Australia's Clark and Lisa Keightley in 2000.
• Mandhana and Pratika have added 917 runs at home in 2025, nearing the 1,000-run mark as an opening pair in India-something achieved by only three other pairs.
• They are 174 runs away from surpassing England's Beaumont-Jones (1090) for most home runs.
• With 686 runs already in India this year, they need just 14 more to break the record for most home runs by an opening pair in a calendar year, currently held by New Zealand's Suzie Bates-Rachel Priest (688 in 2015).