Smriti Mandhana Clinches 5th Best Female Cricketer Award in 2025

Dominance defined Smriti Mandhana’s 2025, culminating in her fifth Best Female International Cricketer award at BCCI’s Naman ceremony. The Indian stalwart’s stats and impact were unrivaled.

In ODIs, 23 games brought 1362 runs at 61 average, 109 strike rate, five centuries, five fifties. T20Is: 341 runs in nine matches, 135 strike rate, one hundred, two fifties. Aggregated: 1800 runs, 36 matches, seven tons.

Central to India’s first-ever Women’s ODI World Cup success on home turf, she scored 434 runs in nine innings (54 average), ranking second, including one century, two fifties. Against South Africa in the final, her 45 off 58 balls fueled a match-winning opening century stand with Shafali Verma.

Harmanpreet Kaur, triumphant captain, remarked: ‘This victory embodied our collective dream from women’s cricket’s dawn—to claim an ICC trophy. It means the world, and I’m bursting with pride for our team.’

With this honor, Mandhana reaffirms her status as India’s premier batter, her prowess paving the way for women’s cricket’s golden era.