
Dubai [UAE] : The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday named the Women's T20I Team of the Year (2021), and India opening batter Smriti Mandana has been named in the XI. England's Nat Sciver has been named the captain of the side while Amy Jones will be donning the wicket-keeping gloves.
The team just has one Indian, while multiple players from England have been named in the lineup. With 255 runs at an average of 31.87, Smriti Mandhana was India's highest scorer in the format in 2021. She scored two fifties in the nine matches she played this year, and got her team off to rapid starts regularly, as evident up by her strike rate of 131.44.