Mandhana is one of the four nominees for ICC Women’s T20 Player of the Year award

Besides
Mandhana,
England
cricketers
Tammy
Beaumont
and
Nat
Sciver
and
Ireland’s
Gaby
Lewis
are
the
other
contenders
for
the
honour.
In
2021,
Mandhana
scored
255
runs
in
nine
T20
matches
at
an
average
of
31.87
with
two
half-centuries.

She
played
a
major
role
in
the
first
of
the
two
wins,
smashing
48
off
just
28
balls
against
South
Africa,
chasing
113
in
the
final
T20I.
The
win
saved
India
the
blushes,
as
they
managed
to
avoid
the
clean
sweep.

Mandhana
was
India’s
top
run-scorer
in
the
T20I
series
against
England
with
119
runs
but
didn’t
find
enough
support
from
the
rest
of
the
batters.
She
was
India’s
top-scorer
in
both
the
matches
that
India
lost,
including
a
51-ball
70
that
went
in
vain
in
the
final
T20I.

Mandhana
scored
her
second
T20I
half-century
of
the
year
against
Australia
in
the
final
match
of
the
series,
but
India
fell
short
by
14
runs.

However,
no
Indian
features
among
the
nominees
for
ICC
Men’s
ODI
Player
of
the
Year
2021.

The
four
players
who
are
in
the
running
for
the
recognition
are
Bangladesh’s
Shakib
Al
Hasan,
Pakistan
skipper
Babar
Azam,
Janneman
Malan
of
South
Africa
and
Ireland’s
Paul
Stirling.
The
ICC
Awards
2021
will
recognise
the
outstanding
achievements
and
feats
in
cricket
over
the
past
year.