India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana have been capped the world\u2019s leading cricketers in the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers\u2019 Almanack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bumrah gained the honour in the men\u2019s section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn an eventful year for Indian cricket, their success depended largely, if not entirely, on one factor: whether or not he had the ball,\u201d the publication wrote about the 31-year-old, who is considered the best all-format bowler of his era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRarely has a cricketer stood out as overwhelmingly as he did in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opener Mandhana gained the women\u2019s honour after a prolific 2024 that counted in five hundreds – four of them in one-day internationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mandhana also headed Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first Women\u2019s Premier League title last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran was named the \u2018Leading T20 Player in the World\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
England\u2019s Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone were named among Wisden\u2019s five \u2018Cricketers of the Year\u2019, alongside Liam Dawson and Dan Worrall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Almanack, every so often called \u201cthe Bible of cricket\u201d, has been published every year since 1864.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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