Jasprit Bumrah named the cricketer of the prominent men of Visden; Smriti Madhana won the honor of women
Bumrah Jasprit in Action© Bcci
India’s leading pacery Jasprit Bumrah was nominated as the leading male cricketer in the world on Tuesday, while Vipul batsman Smriti Mandana grabbed the women’s category in the women’s category in the 2025 edition of the 2025 Visden Cricketers Almanac. Two Indian players were honored for their stand-out performance last year. 31 -year -old Bumrah took 71 Test wickets in season 2024 at an average of 14.92, which was the highest with such an economy by any bowler in the same year. He became the first Test bowler in history to claim less than 20 wickets on an average.
In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Bumrah almost did India’s attack almost a singles with an average of around 13.06 wickets.
In the T20 World Cup, he was named a tournament player for his 15 wickets at the economy rate of only 4.17, leading to his first ICC Trophy since India 2013.
Smriti Mandan, senior batsman of the women’s team, doubled it in India as she was nominated as Visden’s lead female cricketer in the world.
The 28-year-old Mandana scored 1659 runs in the formats in 2024-a calendar year of international cricket included the most four ODs by a female cricketer, which was another record.
He capted his efforts with another Test Century-149-in a 10-wicket win over South Africa.
Reverse became the first Indian woman after establishing the award for earning the title twice. He had already earned prestigious honors in 2018.
West Indian Nicholas Gorn was named as the leading T20 player in the world.
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