Who is Smriti Mandhana? Know About Her Boyfriend, Family, Career, Stats and More

On April 5, 2013, a bespectacled 16-year-old teenager from Sangli, Maharashtra walked out to open the batting for the Indian Women’s team for the first time against Bangladesh in a T20 match having already created a buzz with her batting exploits in the domestic circuit and three hours later she emerged as the top-scorer of the match with a 36-ball 39.

That was when the world saw the first glimpse of a prodigy at the biggest stage, Smriti Shrinivas Mandhana, who is now arguably one of the biggest names in the female cricketing world all around the world let alone India itself.

Smriti Mandhana Personal Information:

Smriti Mandhana Family, Religion and Caste:

Smriti Mandhana’s rise to the top has been steep and one that the cricketing pundits around the globe saw coming beforehand. Born on July 18, 1996, in Madhavnagar, Maharashtra in a typical Marwari Hindu family to Shrinivas Mandhana, a chemical distributor, and Smita Mandhana, a housewife, Smriti moved to Sangli along with her family when she was just two years old. It is fascinating to learn how the predominantly right-handed girl turned into a southpaw with the bat in her childhood.

Smriti Mandhana Brother and Sister

Her elder brother, Shravan Mandhana, who is also her only sibling and a banker by profession, used to play junior cricket for Maharashtra he was a left-hander with the bat and that is what the younger sister, Smriti, copied and started holding the bat with her left hand. Cut to today, she is one of the most elegant left-handed batters to have graced the game.

Smriti Mandhana Jersey Number:

Smriti wears the number 18 on her back since she started representing India and that can be linked to her birth date which is 18^th July.

Smriti Mandhana Boyfriend:

Smriti is in a relationship with her long-time boyfriend Palash Muchhal who is a renowned music composer and film-maker. The duo started dating back in 2019 and kept things private as you would imagine but in July 2024 they celebrated their 5-year anniversary and Smriti’s beau shared pictures of the same and made things official. Palash’s sister Palak Muchhal is also a famous Bollywood singer and is often seen hanging out with Smriti and Palash, all three of them share a very healthy bond.

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Smriti Mandhana Net Worth and Salary:

Her net worth is around ₹33 Cr and she is one of the most heavily paid Indian female cricketers with an ‘A’ Grade contract from BCCI fetching her a sum of ₹50 Lakhs over and above the match fees for all the international matches across the year in all the three formats. She gets a remuneration of ₹5 Cr from the board as an ‘A’ graded player as well.

Apart from that, Smriti draws a hefty salary of ₹3.4 Cr from her WPL contract with Royal Challengers Bengaluru making her the highest-paid player in the league. Her other major source of income includes multiple endorsements from brands like SBI, Hyundai, Dairy Milk, Tata Tea Gold, and others.

Smriti Mandhana Instagram:

Smriti Mandhana is one of the most popular female cricketers around the globe and she has a massive fan following among cricket lovers as well as the general public. She has a whopping 12 million followers on Instagram her username is @smriti_mandhana and this is her profile link – https://www.instagram.com/smriti_mandhana/?hl=en

Smriti Mandhana Twitter

On X (formerly known as Twitter), Smriti is followed by over 1 million users. Her handle is @mandhana_smriti and you can visit her profile here – https://x.com/mandhana_smriti

Smriti Mandhana Career:

Standing at 1.63m tall (5ft 4in), the Indian left-handed opener started off as a predominantly off-side dominant player with a wide array of shots through the off side ranging from the cuts to the drives to the punches with each one being a notch above the other. As cricket purists would know, there is nothing more beautiful in the game than watching a left-hander hit the ball through the off side and if that left-hander is Smriti Mandhana, the joy gets manifold.

Smriti caught the eyes of many with her first-ever knock in international cricket against Bangladesh on her debut game where she top-scored with 39 runs. Since then, she has only kept growing and has not looked back. A year later, she made her test debut against England in England just after turning 18, and in challenging conditions Smriti registered a half-century in her debut test match with scores of 22 & 51 in both innings as India went on to win a memorable test match.

Smriti continued to grow at the biggest stage and in 2016 she registered her first-ever international century, a 102-run knock against Australia in Bellerive Oval in Hobart. The left-hander’s knock left a strong impression on the Aussies and seven months later she found herself as one of the first two Indians along with Harmanpreet Kaur, to secure a contract at the WBBL, as Smriti signed a one-year deal with Brisbane Heat.

While her maiden stint in the league down under did not bring her expected outputs with the left-hander injuring her knee in between the tournament, she had a stellar 2017 playing a pivotal role with the bat in the 50-over World Cup in England as she scored 232 runs which included a century against West Indies in Taunton. The campaign ended in heartbreak for India but it gave the team many future stars of which Smriti Mandhana has shone the brightest.

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By then, the world was aware of Smriti’s talent and potential and she now started to shine in the biggest stage. She scored the most WODI runs in 2018, 669 to be precise, and her prolific performance earned her the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year as well as the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Award.

In 2019, Smriti got a taste of leadership at the highest level as she led the Indian team against England in a 3-match T20I series. She also registered the then-fastest fifty for an Indian Women in WT20Is which came off 24 balls against New Zealand.

One of the highlights of Smriti’s career has been her title-winning run with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024. After a disappointing first season, Smriti Mandhana proved her mettle as a leader as she led the RCB Women to the franchise’s first-ever championship win. Quite rightly, she is the most expensive player in WPL history at ₹3.4 Cr as things stand.

Smriti has shattered many batting records in the recent past as she is now in the prime of her career. In 2024, Smriti became the first female cricketer to smash 4 WODI centuries in a year and then started 2025 with her quickest century (off 70 balls) against Ireland and took her tally to 10 WODI centuries. Right now at third place for the most number of centuries in WODIs, Smriti looks on track to break the record set by Meg Lanning (15).

Smriti Mandhana is currently ranked as the number 2 batter in WODIs while she ranks number 3 in terms of batters in WT20Is.

Smriti Mandhana Achievements & Awards:

Smriti Mandhana has numerous feats that she has achieved throughout her prolific career so far. Here are a few of those:

·         Only the second cricketer (after Ellyse Perry of Australia) to win the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year twice (in 2018 & 2021)

·         ICC ODI Women’s Cricketer of the Year (2018)

·         Fastest ODI hundred by an Indian Woman (in 70 balls, vs Ireland on Jan 15, 2025)

·         Joint-fastest T20 half-century in Women’s cricket (in 23 balls, vs Loughborough Lightning on Jul 29, 2018)

·         Fastest Indian woman to score 4,000 runs in ODI cricket (95 innings)

·         First cricketer (male or female) to register ten consecutive 50-plus scores while chasing in ODIs

·         Captained the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women to their maiden WPL title in 2024

·         Gold Medal in 2023 Asian Games

·         Silver Medal in 2022 Commonwealth Games

·         Runners-up in 2017 Women’s 50-over World Cup

·         Runners-up in 2020 Women’s 20-over World Cup

·         Led India’s T20I team at age 22, becoming the country’s youngest T20I captain

·         First Indian Woman cricketer to score a double century in the 50-over format (224 off 150, Maharashtra U19 vs Gujarat U19)