By: Sarwar Alam
India’s Smriti Mandhana was crowned women’s cricketer of the year on Monday (31) by the sport’s world governing body, capping off a prolific run-scoring season for the opener. The left-handed batswoman was also named ODI cricketer of the year for accumulating 669 runs off 12 one-day internationals. She scored 622 runs in 25 T20 matches this year. Mandhana, 22, is only the second Indian woman to win an International Cricket Council award after fast bowler Jhulan Goswami who was named the women’s player of the year in 2007. “The awards are pretty special because as a player when you score…
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