Smriti Mandhana wins ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year

The ICC mentioned in an announcement that Mandhana was chosen together with England’s Tammy Beaumont, South Africa’s Lizelle Lee and Ireland’s Gabby Lewis for the highest prize – the Rachael Hayhoe Flint Trophy.

Despite India dealing with a tricky 2021, Mandhana’s inventory continued to rise this 12 months.

Congratulations to @mandhana_smriti For successful the ICC Player of the Year 2021 and turning into the primary Indian feminine participant to win the award twice. She has been a trailblazer and this award is a mirrored image of her onerous work and consistency. https://t.co/CBi6FX3kI8

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) 24 January 2022

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In the limited-overs collection in opposition to South Africa the place India gained simply two out of eight matches at house, Mandhana performed a serious function in each victories. He scored an unbeaten 80 as India chased down 158 within the second ODI to assist them stage the collection and rating an unbeaten 48 within the ultimate T20I win.

The 25-year-old scored a superb 78 within the first innings of the one-off Test in opposition to England that resulted in a draw. He performed an important knock of 49 runs in India’s solely win within the ODI collection.

His 15-ball 29 and half-centuries within the T20I collection went in useless, although India misplaced each the matches and the collection went on to lose 2-1.

The southpaw was in good contact within the collection in opposition to Australia, beginning with the ODI collection the place she scored 86 runs within the second ODI.

He scored a scintillating century in the one Test (the primary of his profession), and was awarded the Player of the Match.

He scored his second T20I half-century of the 12 months within the ultimate T20I, although India fell quick and misplaced the collection 2–0.

Mandhana made India’s maiden pink-ball Test much more memorable by scoring her maiden century within the longest format.