Smriti (स्मृति) is from the Sanskrit *smṛti* — "memory, remembrance" — also a category of Hindu sacred literature meaning "that which is remembered" (the *Smṛti* texts include the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, and Dharma-shastras). **Smriti Mandhana (born 1996)** — **Indian women's cricket opening batter; the youngest woman ever to score a Test century for India (at 19, against Australia 2016); awarded the International Cricket Council's Women's Cricketer of the Year three times (2018, 2021, 2024) — the most by any player male or female since the ICC award was created**. **First Indian woman to score a One Day International century in Australia (2016)**. **Padma Shri (2019)**. **Captain of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Women's Premier League — winners of the 2024 inaugural WPL**. **Smriti Irani (born 1976)** — Indian politician; Minister of Education (2014-2016); first BJP woman to win against Rahul Gandhi (Amethi, 2019). **Smriti Mandhana** earns one of the highest endorsement-portfolios of any female athlete in India.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s Indian cricket.
Smriti reduces to two — the number of sacred memory.