Charismatic India opener Smriti Mandhana, was on Monday, named ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year for her phenomenal efficiency that noticed the left-hander rating tons of runs in 2024. The India vice-captain, who was the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2018 and 2022, racked up 747 runs in 13 innings to set new profession requirements in ODIs. She put a number of batting stalwarts, together with the likes of South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, England’s Tammy Beaumont (554) and West Indies’ Hayley Matthews, to shade.
Her tally was the very best among the many main run-getters in Women’s ODIs final 12 months, manner forward of Wolvaardt (697), Beaumont (554) and Matthews (469).
She scored 4 ODI centuries, a document within the ladies’s sport, and located the boundary greater than 100 occasions within the 12 months, hitting 95 fours and 6 maximums.
The 28-year-old cricketer’s runs got here at a mean of 57.86 and a powerful strike fee of 95.15.
Some of her finest innings got here towards high-calibre opposition, together with her back-to-back centuries which guided India to a 3-0 sequence win towards South Africa in June.
Mandhana additionally smashed a ton within the sequence decider towards New Zealand in October. She went on to showcase her potential to dominate the perfect bowling on the planet with one other defiant century in Perth towards Australia in a dropping trigger in December.
Though Mandhana’s excellent 105 on the WACA in Perth got here in a dropping trigger, it was her effort that pushed the defending world champions nearer to the goal.
Despite India struggling to attain runs and wickets falling on the different finish, Mandhana remained steadfast on a drying wicket unleashing her array of strokes, hitting 14 fours and one six in her spectacular century, which got here off 109 balls.
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