Smriti Mandhana
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Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana
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Career
2018
ICC Women’s Cricketer of Year
Smriti is ICC Women’s Cricketer of Year, January 1, 2019: The Times of India
From: Smriti is ICC Women’s Cricketer of Year, January 1, 2019: The Times of India
Talented India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was Monday adjudged ‘Women’s Cricketer of the Year’ as well as the ‘Women’s ODI Player of the Year’ by the ICC. Left-handed opener Mandhana won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ‘Women’s Cricketer of the Year’ for scoring 669 runs in 12 ODIs along with 622 runs in 25 T20 Internationals in 2018.
Her ODI runs were scored at an average of 66.90 while strike-rate for T20I was an impressive 130.67.
Mandhana played a crucial role in India’s semi-final appearance at the Women’s World T20 in the West Indies, where she scored 178 runs in five matches at a strike-rate of 125.35. She is currently ranked fourth in the ODI rankings and 10th in the rankings for T20Is, the ICC said in a statement.
Mandhana became only the second India woman player to win an ICC award after fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, who was named the ICC Player of the Year in 2007.
2019
No 1 ODI batswoman
Smriti Mandhana becomes World No 1 ODI batswoman, February 2, 2019: The Times of India
From: February 3, 2019: The Times of India
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Smriti Mandhana in ODIs, as on February 3, 2019
HIGHLIGHTS
Smriti Mandhana has moved up three spots to attain the number one rank in the updated ICC ODI batting rankings
Mandhana now sits above the Australians Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning
Mandhana has scored two centuries and eight half-centuries in 15 games since the beginning of 2018
After scoring her fourth ODI century and an unbeaten 90 in the three-match series against New Zealand, Mandhana now sits above the Australians Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
Mandhana, who has been in exemplary form in the one-day format, has scored two centuries and eight half-centuries in 15 games since the beginning of 2018.
Completing the top five, New Zealand skipper Amy Satterhwaite, who smashed consecutive half-centuries in the series against India, flew up ten places to take the number four position, while Indian skipper Mithali Raj moved down a spot.
Former New Zealand skipper Suzie Bates rose up one place to number six following her half-century in Hamilton, which propelled her side to victory in the third ODI against India.
Lizelle Lee of South Africa, Tammy Beaumont of England, Stafanie Taylor of West Indies and Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka completed the top 10 list.
Indian young player Jemimah Rodrigues, who blazed an unbeaten 81 in the first ODI against New Zealand, made a massive jump of 64 places to take number 61 spot in the rankings. The 18-year-old has played just seven ODIs since making her debut in March last year.
Among the bowlers, Indian spinners Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma jumped five places each and now sit at number eight and nine respectively. Poonam took six wickets in the series against New Zealand, while Deepti picked up four. Ekta Bisht placed at number 13 after claiming five wickets in the series.
Celebrated pacewoman Jhulan Goswami, whose 3/23 in the second game set up the series win against Kiwi-women, raised one place to take number four and is the highest-ranked Indian in the top five. Sana Mir of Pakistan, Megan Schutt of Australia and Marizanne Kapp of South Africa are above Jhulan.
In the all-rounders rankings, Ellyse Perry has retained the top spot. New Zealand's Sophie Devine have moved up one place to take number nine, thereby pushed down West Indies' Deandra Dottin to number 10.
