Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana have been two of finest Indian cricketers of this generation. Both Bumrah and Mandhana have me ball and bat do talking and have won a lot of matches for country. w, two star-studded cricketers have been awarded for ir outstanding performances. 

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Bumrah & Mandhana awarded

batting and bowling duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana are two Indians among  five winners of prestigious Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of Year award which was anunced on Friday. Meanwhile, or winners include likes of Pakistan opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan. Meanwhile, young Test opener Mayank Agarwal's name also features in this list for his outstanding performance in domestic cricket which h paved way to his call-up in national team in for longest format of game. Smriti Mandhana, on or hand, has w become third woman to be named 'Cricketer of Year', after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma. Stalwarts Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath are inducted into Wisden India Hall of Fame. Cricket Country: Untold History of First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi has been judged Wisden India Book of Year. 

Almanack reviewer described it as "a tribute to game's Indianness" that "superbly describes and analyses tour (Indians in England 1911) and politics that led up to it".

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Bumrah & Mandhana are currently injured

Both Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana are currently recovering from ir injuries. Smriti h suffered a toe fracture during a practice session as a result of which she was ruled out of ODI series against South African Women's team while Bumrah, who h suffered a stress fracture, was ruled out of recently concluded series against South Africa. He will t feature in upcoming series against Banglesh where India will be playing three T20Is and two Tests starting from vember 3. According to sources, team manment did t want to take a chance with him keeping New Zealand tour in early 2020 and ICC World T20 in mind.

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(With PTI inputs)