Pakistan women cricket team prodigy Fatima Sana has secured the International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy for Emerging Women's Cricketer of the Year award for 2021. 

Fatima shared her thoughts on Twitter and said: "Alhumdullilah [...] It’s an absolute honor to receive the trophy of @ICC Women's Emerging Cricketer Of The Year."

"Onwards and upwards InshaAllah. Pakistan Zindabad," Fatima further added as she expressed her intent to perform well in the future as well. 

The pacer has made the nation proud by not only bagging the ICC award but also by becoming the first female cricketer from the country to win an ICC accolade.

Fatima Sana has delivered some memorable performances as she has captured attention on the international stage; she has now become the first female hailing from Pakistan to win an ICC accolade.

The ICC in a statement had said that the 20-year-old "impressed one and all with her all-around efforts in 2021".

"She became an integral part of Pakistan's ODI and T20I side owing to her wicket-taking ability as a bowler, and ability to add handy runs down the order at the same time," the statement read.