‘Harmanpreet Will Be an Asset for Smriti’: Mithun Manhas on India’s Captaincy Transition
Mandhana said India will use six T20Is to sharpen its shortest-format plans and assess combinations before the inaugural Women’s Champions Trophy.
- On Friday, India's newly appointed full-time captain Smriti Mandhana leads the team in her first assignment against Zimbabwe, a three-match T20I series in Raipur followed by three ODIs.
- Following her appointment earlier this month, Mandhana took charge after former captain Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down, participating in a review meeting with BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia and head coach Amol Muzumdar to determine future strategy.
- Despite recent successes like the ODI World Cup, Mandhana emphasized that the team must improve in the shortest format, using six T20 matches to prepare for the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy early next year.
- Confident that captaincy will not affect her batting, Mandhana recalled her coach's advice: "Whenever you bat, always think you are the captain," while expressing confidence in young talent Anushka Sharma and Niki Prasad.
- India's succession model relies on senior guidance, according to former cricketer Mithun Manhas, who noted Harmanpreet will be an asset for Mandhana, paralleling how Sourav Ganguly mentored M.S. Dhoni.
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