Smriti Mandhana and Temba Bavuma are the only cricketers to feature in TIME magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026” list, published recently. The list, that includes global sporting icons like LeBron James, Mondo Duplantis, Hilary Knight, Lionel Messi, Jannik Sinner, Nikki Hiltz, Carlos Alcaraz, Rory McIlroy, Victor Wembanyama and Cristiano Ronaldo, among others, lists Mandhana and Bavuma in the “Titans” category.


