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Detailed explanation-1: -Smriti Mandhana became the fastest Indian woman to reach 3000 ODI runs during India’s second ODI against England in Canterbury on Wednesday. Mandhana reached the feat in her 76th ODI innings, beating India legend Mithali Raj who crossed the mark in 88 innings.

Detailed explanation-2: -22 women players in the world have over 3000 ODI runs, but only two have reached to the landmark faster than Mandhana - Belinda Clark (62 innings) and Meg Lanning (64 innings). Since her debut in ODIs, only three women batters have made more scores of fifty or more in ODIs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who was the fastest to 3000 runs in ODIs? Hashim Amla was the fastest to complete 3000 runs in ODI cricket. He completed the milestone in 57 innings in the ODIs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Mithali Raj. Mithali Raj is the first Indian woman cricketer to score runs in International T - 20 women’s cricket 2000.