India batswoman Smriti Mandhana has been named in the Women's Team of the Year 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) reported on Wednesday. The ladies' group of the year, which will be captained by West Indies' Stafanie Taylor, has been added to the rundown of honors to recognize and value exceptional exhibitions of ladies' cricketers over a 12-month time span.
Mandhana, 20, had a stellar voyage through Australia not long ago, where she scored 157 keeps running in the three One-Day Internationals, including a lady century. She is additionally the second Indian after Harmanpreet Kaur to speak to India in Australia's Women's Big Bash League, where she is right now playing for Brisbane Heat.
"This is the first time when that the ICC has named a women's team of the year. Congrats to Stafanie Taylor and whatever remains of her group on their choice. The quality and profundity of the ladies' amusement keeps on developing step by step, with various remarkable exhibitions amid the voting time frame, the selectors more likely than not had an outstandingly troublesome undertaking in settling on the last 12 players," ICC CEO David Richardson.
The side was chosen by a board comprising of Clare Connor (Chair), Mel Jones and Shubhangi Kulkarni, which considered players' exhibitions amid the period from 14 September 2015 to 20 September 2016.
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