Colombo
Mandhana, the Indian opener, has had a bumper year. She is the second-highest run-getter in One-Day Internationals since the cycle beginning after the 2017 World Cup. She tallies 669 runs in 12 matches with seven fifties and one century. Only New Zealand’s Sophie Devine is ahead of her in the list with 700 runs in 10 games.
She has been equally impressive in Twenty20 Internationals in the same period with 439 runs in 18 matches, which includes four fifties. Her overall international tally stands at 1139 runs in 28 innings at 45.56 — the most by an Indian since the 2017 World Cup.
Mandhana also made a strong impression in the Kia Super League in England where her table-topping 421 runs at a strike-rate of 174.68 took Western Storm to the Finals Day. She became the first Indian – male or female – to win the player of the tournament award in an overseas T20 league.
“It is good to get Arjuna Award. First I did not know what Arjuna Award is, when I was 15-16 years old and other people used to get,” Mandhana said.
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