In the last match of ongoing West Indies - India Women ODI series in Antigua Indian opener Smriti Mandhana made her come back from an injury layoff and helped India women to clinch the series with her match-winning knock of 74 runs. When she was on 49, she became the fastest Indian woman and overall third-fastest woman player to reach 2000 ODI run mark. She took 51 innings to achieve this milestone.
Fastest to reach 2000 ODI runs (Women cricket) -
41 innings - Belinda Clark (Australia)
45 innings - Meg Lanning (Australia)
51 innings - Smriti Mandhana (India)
Fastest to reach 2000 ODI runs for India (Men + Women cricket) -
48 innings - Shikhar Dhawan
51 innings - Smriti Mandhana
52 innings - Navjot Sidhu / Sourav Ganguly
53 innings - Virat Kohli
2000 plus ODI runs for India (Women cricket ) -
6888 - Mithali Raj
2856 - Anjum Chopra
2372 - Harmanpreet Kaur
2091 - Jaya Sharma
2025 - Smriti Mandhana
2004 - Punam Raut