Smriti Mandhana from Maharashtra went from being a neighbourhood cricketer to becoming the only Indian to win ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award twice.
As the inspiring Vrinda Rathi says, when everyone around knows that you mean business at the center of the field, your gender does not matter. Kudos to her!
The permitted size of the bat is now defined, with the width and length unchanged, but with added restrictions on the thickness of the edges (40mm) and the overall depth (67mm). Umpires will be issued with a new bat gauge, which they can use to check a bat’s legality.
The versatile bowler had earlier achieved the title of the all-time leading wicket-taker in the world last year, when she claimed 181 wickets in 153 ODI matches.