India Pin hopes on Smriti Mandhana: The shape of the vice-captain feeds the dream of the World Cup | Cricket news
New Chandigarh: The Women’s Indian Cricket team aims to end their elusive expectations for an ICC trophy by winning the 2025 Women’s World Cup, which begins on September 30 in Gowahati. Smriti Mandhana, whose exceptional performances in the past two years have been essential.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!On Wednesday, during the second ODI at the PCA Mullanpur stadium, Mandhana scored a century in 77 balls – the fastest of all players against Australia – leading India to a 102 -point victory. It was the heaviest defeat of Australia in the ODI and marked the first victory of India at home against the Australians since 2007.Ellyse Perry, a versatile eminent of Australia who faced Mandhana in various leagues and international matches and played with her for their WPL franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, greeted the prowess in the stick of Mandhana. During the post-match press conference, Perry said: “Smriti makes the striker easy. It was not great to look at her sleeves, “she said with a smile, before adding:” But everyone likes to look at it, she is a good dough and she played brilliantly.“”
Kranti Goud, a young stimulator who took three for 28 out of 9.5 oversholes to restrict Australia to 190 in their 40.5 overs, also praised Mandhana’s striker. She pointed out: “Everyone is crazy about her striker.Since his partnership with Delhi Pratika Rawal, Mandhana has adopted a more aggressive striker approach. It aims to dominate the quisses early, allowing Rawal time to settle. The former opener of India Wasim Jaffer nicknamed it once the “out of the offside” for its ability to find shortcomings, a line recalling the former captain of India Sourav Ganguly. Mandhana intends to maintain her style of attack in the next Women’s World Cup Odi.
Thinking about the recent victory, Mandhana said: “The last two hundred that I got against Australia were in a losing cause, so I’m happy that we have won the match today. My match plan was simple – to use the power game and then try to build my sleeves, and if it was in my niche, to go. The counter was really flat, so I had to be aggressive. Throughout the World Cup also, there would not be a game where I will not be aggressive, but it will depend on the conditions.“” Mandhana and Rawal have formed a formidable and coherent opening partnership in Wodis, with an average of 80.66 since their creation. Rawal said: “We are completing well. It is calm and composed. I am also like that. We do not complicate things. We don’t have to talk a lot between the sleeves, she does what she does best, and I do what I do best. There is an understanding between us who feels natural, not made up.”
