Key Points:
The world’s best 11 players have been selected in the Women Cricket Team of the Year 2025. Three cricketers from India are included in this list. Batsmen and all-rounder players who performed brilliantly throughout the year got a place in the team. This selection shows the best game of women’s cricket in 2025.
Delhi: The biggest news of women’s cricket in 2025 will definitely be the talk of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team’s spectacular World Cup victory over India at the DY Patil Stadium. But there were some other good performances during the year and that is why when the Team of the Year 2025 is selected, the names of many contenders come up but the top 11 are these:
Smriti Mandhana (India):
Many times it felt that Smriti was not using her talent properly, yet 2025 was her year personally. At Trent Bridge, 100 in 51 balls, 1362 ODI runs in 2025 (previous record was 970 runs), overall 17 international 100 in all formats (only Meg Lanning is ahead of him), RCB contract worth Rs 3.5 crore and also 10 thousand runs in international cricket. It is accepted that if Smriti’s bat works then it will be difficult to defeat Team India.
Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa):
Will also make him captain. When he scored 100 in T20 against Ireland, it was his fourth international 100 of the year. After this the media named her ‘Miss 360’. For the second consecutive year, Wolvaardt was chosen by most experts as the captain of the World XI. She simply cannot win every match alone, otherwise the history of the World Cup would have been different. Consecutive 100 scores will be remembered in the semi-finals and finals.
Jemimah Rodrigues (India):
He scored a 100 against Ireland in the beginning of 2025 and a memorable 100 in the World Cup against Australia in October, but his fight to prove himself between these two 100s was a big story. She was also out of the playing eleven during the World Cup, but after that she played one of the best innings so far in the semi-finals. Three days later, India won the World Cup final but defeating Australia was the most special thing.
Beth Mooney (Australia-Wicketkeeper):
The one who was most talked about during the year for her hard work is Mooney. 94* in the Adelaide T20 (mostly by running and taking singles) and then replacing the injured Alyssa Healy in wicketkeeping (this happened several times a year) is an example of her courage.
Nat Sciver-Brunt (England):
Captaincy of England is one of the most difficult responsibilities in cricket and Nat took it when the team was falling apart after a bad defeat in the Ashes. She is the cricketer who takes care of the team. England’s top batsman, who saved her team from trouble more than once during the World Cup and reached the knockout stage with great difficulty. Along with the responsibility of being a mother and also the record of the first batsman to score 1000 runs in WPL.
Ash Gardner (Australia):
When 2025 started, Gardner did not have a single 100 in his name in 175 international matches. At number 6, she was just playing the role of a finisher because she got less chances to play much of the ball. In 2025, Australia’s top order faltered a bit, so Gardner’s role changed and he also played longer innings. In the World Cup itself, he pulled his team out of trouble twice (against New Zealand and England) and scored 100. Number 1 all-rounder in the rankings with 19 wickets in the year.
Deepti Sharma (India):
South Africa’s last wicket in the World Cup 2025 final, MVP of the tournament, most wickets (22) and generally a trouble-shooting cricketer for the team with both bat and ball. This year he also took his batting up a notch, including three 50s in the World Cup (one in the final) and also improved his strike-rate significantly.
Annabel Sutherland (Australia):
163 runs in the only test of the year and player of the match award. Surprised the batsmen with 17 wickets and variations in the World Cup. One of Australia’s top all-rounders and coincidentally she is competing for the top spot with Gardner of her own team.
Sophie Ecclestone (England):
A difficult year in which, first of all, she faced so much trolling on social media due to her refusal to do an interview before a match that she almost quit cricket. Therefore, the year was challenging on both the physical and mental front. Even then, 42 wickets for England in the year, out of which 16 wickets in the World Cup. Also learned a lesson to stay away from social media.
Alana King (Australia):
The bowler who troubled England the most in the Women’s Ashes, holds the record for the best bowling spell in the World Cup and took seven wickets for 18 runs against South Africa. The 30-year-old leg-spinner has now diversified her art, which Australia is benefiting from.
Marufa Akhtar (Bangladesh):
Did not get as many opportunities to play as others. Only 14 ODIs and no T20 Internationals in 2025 but it was a breakthrough year for the 20-year-old fast bowler. The poster girl of Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign, she defeated Pakistan and brought big teams like England and South Africa close to defeat. Getting Omaima Sohail out on his swing was like studying in a physics class.
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