Smriti Mandhana nominated for ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022

India vicecaptain Smriti Mandhana was on Wednesday nominated for the ICC Womens T20I Cricketer of the Year 2022 award for the second straight timeApart from her Pakistans offspin allrounder Nida Dar New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine and Australias fastbowling allrounder Tahlia McGrath have also been nominated for the honourSmriti enjoyed a good run in T20Is this year smashing the quickest fifty by an Indian woman off just 23 balls to breaching the 2500run mark in T20Is scoring 594 runs in 23 matches including five halfcenturies in 2022The lefthanded opener left her mark on the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham the Womens T20 Asia Cup in Bangladesh and a memorable fivematch T20I home series against Australia towards the business end of a fruitful yearHer most exciting innings of 2022 came in the second T20I of the bilateral series against Australia in December In front of over 47000 spectators the highest turnout for a womens cricket match in India at the DY Patil stadium in Mumbai Smriti smacked a 49ball 79 while chasing Australias 1871She was Indias topscorer in the match taking the match to the very end as India set up a Super Over clash after levelling the scores at 1875 In the Super Over India made a competitive total of 201 out of which Smriti scored 13 off the last three balls India then restricted Australia to 161 sealing a memorable win in front of a roaring home crowdNida Pakistans veteran allrounder impressed more with the bat this year She struck three fiftyplus scores this year an unbeaten fifty at the Commonwealth Games similar exploits against India at the Asia Cup and a wellmade 61 at home against Ireland in NovemberShe was exceptional in the Womens Asia Cup in which she amassed 145 runs in six matches at a superb average of 7250 and also claimed eight wickets at a meagre 1487 runs a pieceNidas best performance of the year in the shortest format was against archrivals India in the Asia Cup After a shaky start with Pakistan struggling at 333 at the end of the Powerplay skipper Bismah Maroof was joined by Nida Together they stitched a crucial partnership of 76 runs Even after Bismah fell Dar kept the momentum going with a fiery knock She smashed 56 not out from just 37 balls with five fours and a six helping her side post 1376With the ball she gave away 23 runs from her four overs and claimed important wickets of Jemimah Rodrigues and India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur as Pakistan cruised to their firstever win over India in womens T20Is in six years Nida was adjudged Player of the Match for her matchwinning contributionsSophie ends the year at the top of the allrounder rankings as 2022 was a year where she proved time and again why she is one of the best allrounders of the game Under her leadership New Zealand won 11 out of 14 games this year including one Super Over win over West Indies in the fourth T20I in AntiguaIn that Super Over win Sophie was dismissed early run out for 13 But she was brilliant with the ball returning 329 from her fourover spell as West Indies went on to level the scores on the last ball with just one wicket in handIn the Super Over West Indies made 150 and the onus was on the experienced duo of Suzie Bates and Sophie to take their side across the line and seal the series Devine sent the first ball for a six she then ran a two and a singleNew Zealand still needed six runs to win with two balls remaining Sophie ran a two on the next ball and only a boundary on the last ball could have sealed the deal for the White Ferns Devine hit a six off the last ball and not only won the match for her team but also won the Player of the Match award for her matchdefining exploitsSince her T20I debut in October 2021 Tahlia had a meteoric rise this year in the shortest format One of the most exciting talents around she amassed 128 runs in five matches for Australia to take the gold medal averaging 4266 and is currently the topranked T20I batterTahlia started 2022 with a bang against England in the Womens Ashes series opener in Adelaide She made a quickfire unbeaten 91 her highest T20I score off just 49 balls Her entertaining innings was studded with 13 fours and a sixPrior to that she also made an impact with the ball as she returned 326 from her four overs restricting England to 1694 However the way she took the attack and batted fearlessly the total seemed below par as she along with skipper Meg Lanning chased it down with 18 balls to spareAlso ReadSmriti Mandhana touches careerbest ranking points holds third place in ICC rankingsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever