Smriti Mandhana, India’s opening batsman, turns 25 as we speak (July 18). One of the youngest gamers to play for Team India, Mandhana had made her T20I and ODI debut at the age of 16 in April 2013. But the left hand batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler caught folks’s consideration round 4 years later, in the 2017 World Cup with her scores of 90 and 106* in the first two matches.
Smriti has been fairly excited about day-night Test. India Women will play in opposition to Australia Women in a day-night Test later this yr at the WACA, Perth, from September 30-October 3.
“Frankly, when I used to watch day-night Tests of men, I actually never felt that I will be able to experience this moment – it is wrong to say ‘I’ at the moment – that the Indian team will be able to experience the moment. So, when it got declared, I was like – Oh, wow. That’s going to be crazy,” ESPNcricinfo quoted Mandhana as saying.
“I remember playing my first day-night one-day or T20 match. I was pretty excited, like a small kid. I was like, ‘Wow, we`ll be able to play a day-night match’ and all of that,” she added. Talking additional about the day-night Test, Mandhana mentioned: “Now that we’re going to play a day-night match, we now have plenty of issues to work on however there may be quite a lot of excitement… excitement about being a part of a day-night Test match, and that too in Australia, in opposition to Australia; it’s all the time an excellent problem. It`s going to be an important second for the Indian girls`s cricket staff.
Smriti will likely be on the lookout for optimistic end result in the check particularly after the current dsappointment in opposition to England. Recently, BCCI unveiled annual contracts for the girls`s gamers and Mandhana was positioned in the Grade A class.
Here’s wishing Smriti a grand birthday and a profitable yr forward!
(With ANI inputs)
