Smriti Mandhana of India Team with the Series trophy during the 3rd ODI Match between India and Ireland held at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India on the 15th January 2025. (Sportzpics)
India opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year on Monday.
The India vice-captain Mandhana set new career standards in ODIs, scoring more runs than she ever has before in a calendar year, racking up 747 runs in 13 innings across 2024.
The southpaw’s tally was the highest among leading run-scorer in Women’s ODIs in 2024, ahead of Laura Wolvaardt (697), Tammy Beaumont (554) and Hayley Matthews (469).
Mandhana has been in red-hot form in 2025 as well.
Smriti Mandhana of India batting during the 3rd ODI Match between India and Ireland held at the Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India on the 15th January 2025. (Credit: Sportzpics)
Earlier this month against Ireland, Mandhana slammed fastest ODI century for India. She reached the milestone in just 70 balls and bettered captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s previous record by 17 balls.
In in the latest ICC women’s ODI batting rankings, she is moved to No 2 position after an impressive series against Ireland.
Mandhana s the only Indian in the top 10. Against Ireland, she has scored 135 in the third ODI and 41 and 73 in the first and second matches, respectively.
She currently has 738 points, while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt sits at the top with 773 points, followed closely by Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu in third with 733 points.
Smriti Mandhana smashed the fastest ODI hundred by an Indian woman against Ireland in Rajkot. (BCCI)
“It’s been an absolute honour to win the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Award for 2024. I remember how special it was to have won this award in 2018 for the first time. It had fuelled my ambition to do well for my country. And now, having won the award for the second time it will motivate me even more to strive for excellence,” she said.
“It is an immense joy and a matter of pride to represent my country at the highest level and it makes me happy to play a role in helping the team succeed. I want to dedicate this award to my teammates, coaches and family who have been my absolute pillars of support.”
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