Smriti Mandhana Becomes 2021 ICC ODI Women's Cricketer Of The Year

Smriti Mandhana is the 2021 ODI cricketer of the year, all thanks to the cricketer's smashing ODI performances of this year. 2021 saw Smriti in full glory with a golden score of 855 runs in 22 international matches and an amazing average of 38.86.

Smriti's scorecard includes one century and five half-centuries this year and ranked first in ICC ranking. Looking back at her game this year, we can see that the cricketer continued to bag runs and played a major role in the matches against teams like South Africa and Australia. The left-handed batsman of the Indian women's team is also a former holder of ICC Best Female Cricketer Of The Year in 2018.

Looking At Smriti Mandhana's Journey In 2021

During India's T-20 International series against South Africa, Indian women's cricket team was going through a rough patch and was able to bag 2 wins out of 8 matches. In both the wins, Smriti Mandhana played a major role with her 80 not out when the team was chasing a score of 158 in the second match and in the final match win where she played 48 not out.

In the first inning of Test match against England, Mandhana scored a whooping 78 and 49 runs in ODI series. In the T-20 International, Smriti Mandhana bagged 50 runs including 30 runs in 15 balls but the win slipped from the team's hands as they fell short in runs during 2 matches out of 3.

Similarly in ODI series against Australia, she scored 86 runs followed by a smashing century in the only Test seriesfor, which she was awarded Player Of The Match and a fifty in the final T-20 International. She put Indian team in a strong position with her brilliant 80 in India's pink ball Test debut against Australia that ended in a draw naming Smriti Mandhana Player Of The Match.

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