Smriti Mandhana followed 4 million followers on Instagram, with a notable coincidence. As such

India’s women’s cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana has 4 million followers on Instagram. The cricketer made the announcement by posting on Instagram Stories. This made it even more special that Smriti reached the milestone the same day she made her T20 International debut eight years ago. In that match against Bangladesh in 2013, two other cricketers from India – Poonam Yadav and Sushma Verma also made their debut. Smriti batted and shared a 53-run partnership for the first wicket with her partner Mona Meshram. He was the highest run-scorer for India, scoring 39 runs.

On Tuesday, Smriti’s Instagram Stories wrote: “Glad to have hit this milestone, the same day I played my T20 match 8 years ago.”

Smriti is very active on social media, posting updates of her games, pictures of cooking sessions at home, spending time with family and more.

Since her debut, Smriti performed very well for India. The left-handed woman was just 17 years old when she made her debut. The 24-year-old has only gone from strength to strength. While T20Is have scored 1,782 runs at an average of 25.45, their ODI stats are better with more than 2,000 runs at an average of 42.58.

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He is second behind cricketer Shikhar Dhawan in scoring the fastest 2000 ODI runs. In the women’s T20Is, she set the record for the fastest 50 runs for India off just 24 balls.

A few weeks ago, in a three-match series against South Africa, Smriti set a new world record, chasing him to become the first cricketer to score more than 50 consecutive 50s in ODI cricket. Since 2018, Smriti has scored more than 50 runs in every ODI match for India.