It seems that the Indian women’s cricket team can do no wrong. They recently won the Women’s World Cup 2025, and in their first series after that, vs Sri Lanka, they are leading 4-0. In the match on Sunday, the team beat the opposition by 30 runs. One thing about this Harmanpreet Kaur-led side is, they are willing to learn and adapt.
Smriti Mandhana says, can’t dwell in past
That said, if we look closely, there are areas which can lead to trouble in the future. Catching remains a sore point; fielding though vastly improved, needs more work, and so does the pace-bowling department. Team’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who struck 80 in the encounter, minced no words, and spoke about the improvements needed in the side.
“The One Day World Cup was the biggest thing for women’s cricket. And we did take off that one. So it’s a big, big win. But again, you know, you can’t be thinking about only successes,” Mandhana said in a video uploaded by the BCCI.
“We’ve had times when we could have won matches, but we couldn’t this year. And again, this team being this young, we are always a work in progress. There’s going to be a World Cup, but it’s a work in progress. If you keep thinking about the World Cup, the next one won’t come. If I had to review it more critically, I would give it 7 out of 10. We have many areas to improve as a team,” she added.
In fact, she gave an insight into what particularly needed to be worked on. “We keep talking about it in terms of where we want to see ourselves fitness-wise, feeling-wise, and running-wise. And then, of course, power hitting now with T20s. So yeah, I mean, all in those things, execution of bowling plans…”
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