New Delhi, June 18 -- India's women's cricket team player Smriti Mandhana and South Africa's Test team captain, Temba Bavuma, became the only cricketers to feature in TIME magazine's 'The 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026' list published earlier this month.

The inclusion in the prestigious list highlights both cricketers' impact on the global cricketing arena.

Charlie Campbell, editor-at-large at TIME, highlighted Smriti Mandhana's record-breaking career, noting that she became the first Indian woman to score a domestic ODI double century and the first woman to register international centuries in all three formats. He also pointed to her tally of 17 international centuries, which is the most in women's cricket.

Campbell furthe...