Women's T20 World Cup 2023: 5 players who can win Player of the Tournament award

The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 got underway on February 10 and the participating teams have given their all on the cricket field to give the fans some exhilarating action. The same is expected to be the case going ahead in the marquee tournament. Each and every team is studded with proven performers of the international arena who have left the cricket fraternity in awe and the top-drawer players would look to make the T20 carnival in South Africa their own. However, there could be only one player who will be handed the Player of the Tournament award. Here are 5 players who can win the Player of the Tournament award 5. Sophia Dunkley Sophia Dunkley's stature in the international arena has grown by leaps and bounds in the last one year or so. The 24-year-old has played an aggressive brand of cricket and taken the attack to the opposition right from ball one, providing her team with some crackling starts. Dunkley has featured in 18 T20Is in 2022 and smashed 425 runs at a strike rate of 120.73. She has displayed her batting might in the warm-up matches as well. In the game against South Africa, she hammered the opposition’s bowlers all across the park and smashed 59 runs off 19 deliveries. Then in the second warm-up clash against New Zealand, Dunkley smashed 60 runs in 38 deliveries to help England get across the line. The opening batter is in a rich vein of form and could take the T20 World Cup 2023 by storm with her batting displays. 4. Amelia Kerr Amelia Kerr has been a bankable name in the international arena. She has featured in 56 T20Is and 565 runs at a strike rate of 105.41. On the bowling front, the 22-year-old has picked up 55 wickets at an economy of 5.87. She has been superb in ODIs too, notching up 1362 runs in 59 matches and bagging 77 wickets at an economy of 4.45. Kerr has played blistering knocks in the middle order and helped change the momentum of the game in the favour of the White Ferns. Moreover, the flamboyant cricketer is a wily customer with the ball and has dented the opposition at regular intervals. Over the years, she has emerged as a match-winner for New Zealand with both bat and ball. She has the potential to set the T20 extravaganza in South Africa ablaze with her showings and therefore, the ace all-rounder could be one of the candidates for the Player of the Tournament award. 3. Beth Mooney Beth Mooney has been a proven performer for Australia across formats. She has featured in 57 ODIs and aggregated 1941 runs at an excellent average of 52.45. In the shortest format, the 29-year-old has plundered 2144 runs in 78 T20Is at a strike rate of 125.16. Mooney has all the shots in the book and has demolished bowling attacks with her marauding bat. Moreover, the flamboyant cricketer has played the anchor role to perfection when needed, shepherding the innings beautifully. Mooney was quite magnificent in the T20 World Cup 2020 and hammered 259 runs in six matches and was handed the Player of the Tournament for her exploits. The ace batter could again make the global event her own and bag the award in the ongoing T20 extravaganza in South Africa. 2. Alyssa Healy Alyssa Healy is one of the finest opening batters in world cricket at the moment. She has dismantled bowling line-ups for fun and stamped her authority on the cricket field. On her day, the 32-year-old has taken down even the best of bowlers to the cleaners. Healy has made 137 appearances for Australia in the shortest and amassed 2639 runs at a strike rate of 100.18. Talking about the ODIs, she has accumulated 2355 runs in 137 matches at a strike rate of 128.26. Besides her batting prowess, the Queensland-born is lightning-quick behind the stumps. Healy was quite exceptional in the T20 World Cup 2020. She featured in six matches in the competition and hammered 236 runs at an astonishing strike rate of 156.29. It would not be a surprise if she sets the ongoing global event on fire with her batting exploits and bag the Player of the Tournament award. 1. Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur is one of those players who has made heads turn every time she has stepped into the cricket field. The 33-year-old has destroyed bowling attacks with her power-hitting might and made world cricket her happy hunting ground. Harmanpreet has featured in 124 ODIs and accumulated 3322 runs at an average of 38.18. Talking about the T20Is, the veteran batter has racked up 2940 runs in 146 matches at an average of 28.26. Besides her batting prowess, the ace batter is a brilliant reader of the game and has displayed her captaincy credentials in the international arena. As India bid to clinch their maiden T20 world title in the T20 extravaganza in South Africa, the onus will be on Harmanpreet to deliver the goods with the bat and guide her side to glory. The Punjab-born is entering the tournament in top form, having smashed 109 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 136.25 in the Tri-Series against the West Indies and South Africa. For a better experience: Download the CricTracker app from the IOS App Store and Google Play Store

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