India Women batter Smriti Mandhana has won the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award for being the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year for 2021. The 25-year-old scored 855 runs in 22 international matches in 2021 at an average of 38.86 with one century and five half-centuries. This is Mandhana's second Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Award, with her winning the award for 2018 as well.