Cricket Star Smriti Mandhana Wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025 Award

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Smriti Mandhana Crowned BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025

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News18•16-02-2026, 21:30

Smriti Mandhana Crowned BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year 2025

•Star batter Smriti Mandhana, crucial to India's 2025 Women’s World Cup triumph, received the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award.
•Chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh won Emerging Player of the Year for her FIDE Women’s World Cup win at 20.
•Preethi Pal was named Para-Sportswoman of the Year, while Anjali Bhagwat received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
•Mandhana, 29, holds the second-highest centuries in women’s ODIs and ranks third in total runs among current players.
•She set a record for the fastest 50-over international ton by an Indian (men and women) with a 50-ball hundred against Australia.

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