<p>India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana have been crowned the world's leading cricketers in the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.</p><p>Bumrah won the honour in the men's section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.</p><p>"In an eventful year for Indian cricket, their success depended largely, if not entirely, on one factor: whether or not he had the ball," the publication wrote about the 31-year-old, who is considered the best all-format bowler of his era.</p><p>"Rarely has a cricketer stood out so overwhelmingly as he did in 2024."</p>.IPL 2025 | KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane laments top order woes. <p>Opener Mandhana won the women's honour after a prolific 2024 that included five hundreds - four of them in one-day internationals.</p><p>Mandhana also led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first Women's Premier League title last year.</p><p>West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran was named the 'Leading T20 Player in the World'.</p><p>England's Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone were named among Wisden's five 'Cricketers of the Year', alongside Liam Dawson and Dan Worrall.</p><p>The Almanack, often called "the Bible of cricket", has been published every year since 1864. </p>
<p>India duo Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana have been crowned the world's leading cricketers in the latest edition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.</p><p>Bumrah won the honour in the men's section after a stellar 2024 when he excelled across formats and was named player of the tournament as India won the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies.</p><p>"In an eventful year for Indian cricket, their success depended largely, if not entirely, on one factor: whether or not he had the ball," the publication wrote about the 31-year-old, who is considered the best all-format bowler of his era.</p><p>"Rarely has a cricketer stood out so overwhelmingly as he did in 2024."</p>.IPL 2025 | KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane laments top order woes. <p>Opener Mandhana won the women's honour after a prolific 2024 that included five hundreds - four of them in one-day internationals.</p><p>Mandhana also led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their first Women's Premier League title last year.</p><p>West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran was named the 'Leading T20 Player in the World'.</p><p>England's Gus Atkinson, Jamie Smith and Sophie Ecclestone were named among Wisden's five 'Cricketers of the Year', alongside Liam Dawson and Dan Worrall.</p><p>The Almanack, often called "the Bible of cricket", has been published every year since 1864. </p>