Question : Who has recently(January 2022) been named as ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year ?
a. Smriti Mandhana
b. Jhulan Goswami
c. Sampa Guha
d. Noel david
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- Smriti Mandhana has recently(January 2022) won the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy for being the ICC’s Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2021.
- Smriti becomes only the second player, after Australia allrounder E. Perry, to win the highest individual distinction in the women’s overall category of the annual ICC awards more than once.
- She was also nominated for the Women’s T20I Player of the Year award, but that was won by England opener T. Beaumont.
- It is notable that Smriti was, named in the ICC Women’s T20I Team of the Year.
- Smriti, who was named ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2018, pipped fellow opening batters Beaumont, L. Lee of South Africa, and G. Lewis of Ireland to the honour.
- Jhulan Goswami, who won the same award in 2007, is the only other Indian woman to ever win an ICC annual award.
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