Swashbuckling India batter Smriti Mandhana retained her second spot, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur moved up to 14th in the latest ICC women's T20I rankings for batters released on Tuesday.

The success of Harmanpreet Kaur's World Cup-winning Indian women's cricket team continues to inspire athletes, with Indian hockey forward Navneet Kaur drawing motivation as she sets her sights on global glory.

Prolific batters Shubman Gill and Smriti Mandhana were named the Best International Cricketers (Men's and Women's) at the BCCI Naman Awards 2026 in New Delhi on Sunday.

BCCI Naman Awards 2026 Live Streaming:The BCCI Naman Awards 2026 will take place in New Delhi. The Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian cricket team will be felicitated by the BCCI following their T20 World Cup triumph.

A new large-scale study commissioned by the BBC and Collective Newsroom suggests that women's participation in cricket has doubled across the 14 Indian states surveyed since 2020.

Swashbuckling Indian batter Smriti Mandhana retained the top spot in the latest women's ODI batting ranking released here on Tuesday.

Alyssa Healy hung up her boots from all forms of cricket after leading Australia women to a 10-wicket victory over India in the one-off Test match held at the WACA Stadium in Perth.

Hammered in the ODIs, the Indian women's cricket team would expect the senior players to step up with inspiring performances when it faces Australia in a day-night Test for the first time in nearly five years.

The team joins a select group of Indian athletes nominated for main Laureus categories, including Vinesh Phogat (2019), Neeraj Chopra (2022), and Rishabh Pant (2025).

Making a century in her final ODI, Australia's Alyssa Healy signed off in fourth place on the rankings.