Dubai: The opening of the Swashbuckling India Smriti Mandhana was on Monday called Cricketer Women’s Cricketer this year for the second time for his stellar form in all formats in 2021.
Mandhana, who also managed to the ICC T20 women’s team this year, colleagues kipping nominations Tammy Beaumont from England, Lizelle Lee from South Africa and Gaby Lewis from Ireland for the upward award – Trophy Heyhoe Flint Rachael, ICC said in a statement.
Southpaw has won awards in 2018 also when he was also named Cricketer Odi Women this year, made him only a second female player to win the highest individual difference in the overall category.
Deputy Captain T20 India was only the second Indian female player who slapped the ICC award after Veteran Fast Bowler Jhulan Goswami, who was named the ICC player this year in 2007.
Although India lasted a long time 2021, Mandhana’s shares continued to increase this year.
In a series of overs limited to South Africa where India won only two of the eight matches at home, Mandhana played a major role in both victories.
He made 80 not come out when India was chased 158 on the second odi who helped them flatten the series and scored 48 not in the last T20i victory.
The 25-year-old played the Luhur 78 inning in the first round of a one-time test against England which ended in a draw.
He played important beats 49 in India only won in the ODI series.
15-ball 29 and fifty in the T20i series went in vain even though India failed in the match and lost the 2-1 series.
Southpaw is in a good touch in the series against Australia, starting with the ODI series where he scored 86 in the second odi.
He compiled a brilliant century in the only test (the first of his career), and was awarded a match player.
He scored the second T20i fifty years in the last T20i, even though India fell short and lost the 2-0 series.
Mandhana made the first pink ball test in India even more memorable by destroying the prime century in the longest format.