India's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana has had a prolific year, breaking various records and winning awards. She holds the number one position in ICC ODI batting rankings. The player won the cricketer of the year award for Women at ICC awards and she has said that it had a huge impact on her.

"But that [Cricketer of the Year] award actually had a huge impact on me because till the end of the year, during the Big Bash, my body was feeling very fatigued. If you look back, for one and a half years I have not got a break. So from about 21st to 25-26th December, I had got into a kind of zone where I was telling myself, I need rest," ESPN Cricinfo quoted Mandhana as saying.