Born on 18th July 1996, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian batswoman and member of the Indian women's national team. Smriti seeks inspiration to pursue a career in cricket from her father and brother who are domestic level cricketers and from the age of nine, started exhibiting her calibre in the sport. She is popularly known for her batting skills at national as well as international level.  

Achievements:-

• Entitled as the Best Women's International Cricketer in 2018 by BCCI
• Selected as a player of the Maharashtra Under-15 team at the age of nine
• Picked up in the Maharashtra Under-19s Team at the age of eleven
• Hit a double century in a one-day game in 2013, and became the first Indian woman to do so with a smacking unbeaten 224 off 150 balls against the team of Gujarat in the West Zone Under-19 Tournament
• Scored three half centuries, aiding her team in winning the 2016 Women's Challenger Trophy and was also declared the top scorer of the tournament with 192 runs. The same year, Smriti was signed up to play in the Women's Big Bash League along with Harmanpreet Kaur, both becoming the first two cricketers to get selected for the league.
• Became the first Indian cricketer to be signed up for the Kia Super League by the Western Storm in June 2018
• Made her test debut in 2014 against England and helped her squad with 22 and 51 runs in the first and second innings.
• Made her maiden ODI century during India's tour of Australia in 2016 with a score of 102 off 109 balls.
• Scored the fastest fifty for the nation in the 2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series