VADODARA: Indian batter Smriti Mandhana set the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women`s cricl(et across all formats on Sunday, scoring 91 runs against West Indies in a One-day International at Vadodra that took her tally for 2024 so far to 1,602 runs.

Left-handed opener Mandhana overtook South Africa`s Laura Wolvaardt, who ended the year with 1593 runs, to reclaim the record she previously set in 2018 before losing it to England`s Nat SciverBrunt in 2022.

Mandhana, 28, has also set the record for most runs in a calendar year in women`s T20 Internationals, with 763 runs in 2024.

India, who scored 314-9 batting first on Sunday, will play two more ODIs against West Indies before the end of the year.-Reuters