November 25, 2024
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Here are some interesting fact about the Indian womens cricketer Smriti Mandhana

The Mumbai born girl has showed some fearless batting in starting matches of ICC Womens World cup, where she opened the innings with Poonam Raut, but her form has faded a little since then. Though Smriti Mandhana has impressed one and all with her beautiful looks and is allready ruling the hearts of many. A blisterring hundred against West Indies in 2017 Womens World cup is allready a highlight of her career. As this Mumbaikar turns 21 today, we discuss some of the interesting facts about this southpaw.

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Indian player Smriti Mandhana celebrates after scoring a century against West Indies during ICC Women’s World Cup match .

 

  1. She was inspired to take up cricket at a very young age of 6, getting influenced by her brother who played for Maharashtra Under 16 team.
  2. She is two of the Indians who took part in Women’s Big Bash League ( WBBL ) and played for Brisbane Heat alongside with India’s t20 captain, Harmanpreet Kaur who played for Sydney Thunder. However, Mandhana could not play the full season as a result of her knee injury that ruled her out of the innaugral tournament.
  3. She was the only Indian who was named in the ICC Women’s team of the year in 2016.
  4. Her first ODI century came against Australia in Hobart (Australia ) where she knocked a punch of 102 runs.
  5. She later on moved to Sangli from Mumbai, a small district in Maharashtra and completed her schooling from there.
  6. She was the first Indian woman to score a double hundred in a one day game, playing for Maharashtra against Gujarat in October 2013.
  7. Her inspiration was Sri Lanka’s legend, Kumar Sangakkara and she often used to copy him in the nets which was not liked by her coach.
Smriti Mandhana

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