Charismatic India Opener Smriti Mandhana, was on monday named ICC Women’s Odie Cricketer of the Year for Her Phenomenal Performance that Saw the Left-Hander Score 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 Care Standards in Odis.
She put several batting stalls, including the likes of south Africa’s laura wolvaardt, England’s tammy beaumont (554) and West Indies’ Hayley Matthews, to Shade. Her tally was the highest amon the leading run-goldtters in women’s odis last year, way ahead of wolvaardt (697), beaumont (554) and mattews (469).
She Scored Four Odie Centuries, A Record in the Women’s Game, and Found the Boundary More than a Hundred Times in the Year, Hitting 95 Fours and Six Maximums.
The 28-Year-old Cricketer’s Runs Came at an average of 57.86 and an impressive strike rate of 95.15.
Some of Her Best Innings Came Against High-Calibre option, Including Her Back-to-Back Centuries which started India to a 3-0 Series win aganst south Africa in June.
Mandhana also smashed a ton in the series Decider Against New Zealand in October. She was went on to showcase her ability to dominate the best bowling in the world with another definition century in payth against Australia in a losing cuse in December.
Thought Mandhana’s Superb 105 at the WaCa in Part Came in a Losing Cause, it was her effort that pushed the defending world champions closer to the target.
Despite India Struggling to Score Runs and Wickets Falling at the other end, mandhana remained steadfast on a dry wicket unleashing herray of strokes, Hitting 14 fours and One Six In Her Ame off 109 balls.