Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team. In June 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) named her as the Best Women's International Cricketer.

In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year.

She was also named the ODI Player of the Year by the ICC at the same time.

In September 2016, she became one of the first two Indians to be signed to play in the Women’s Big Bash League after Brisbane Heat signed her up for the then edition of the tournament. Harmanpreet Kaur is the other one.

Smriti was born on 18 July 1996 in Mumbai to Smita and Shrinivas Mandhana. At age of 2 ,her family moved to Madhavnagar, Sangli in Maharashtra,where she completed her schooling.

Smriti’s father is a chemical distributor by profession and is one of the support systems for her cricketing career.