London, April 23 -- Jasprit Bumrah was named the Leading Men's Cricketer in the World in the 2025 edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, with Smriti Mandhana picking up the women's award.
Bumrah picked up 71 Test wickets at an average of less than 15 and was named player of the tournament as India won the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. Despite Bumrah's 32 wickets, Australia won the five-Test series, which finished in early January, 3-1.
Mandhana, 28, made it an Indian double by being named as the Leading Women's Cricketer in the World. The batter scored 1,659 runs across all formats in 2024 -- the most by a woman in a calendar year of international cricket.
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