By Manish Aggarwal
Born on 18 July 1996 in Mumbai, into a Marwari Hindu family, Smriti grew up in Sangli, Maharashtra.
By age 9, she was in Maharashtra’s under-15 team; by 11, she made the under-19 side.
She also received the Arjuna Award in 2019.
She also became the first woman to score 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year, breaking a long-standing record.
In 2025, Smriti was named the leading women’s cricketer in the world by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
she’s also an entrepreneur — she owns a café, SM-18 Sports Café
she became the quickest and youngest woman to reach 5,000 ODI runs
Smriti has confirmed her engagement to music composer Palash Muchhal
Palash proposed to Smriti at the DY Patil Stadium
On the wedding day (23 Nov 2025), the ceremony was postponed because Smriti’s father's health complications.