Smriti Mandhana era begins as India look to fix T20 flaws against Zimbabwe
Smriti Mandhana starts her full-time reign with India aiming to sharpen their T20 game before the Women’s Champions Trophy, officials said.
- Smriti Mandhana began her full-time captaincy of India’s women’s cricket team against Zimbabwe in the opening match of a three-game T20I series.
- Mandhana entered the series with 4,867 T20I runs and needed 133 more to become the first player to reach 5,000 runs in the format.
- India won the toss and chose to bowl in the opening match, the first international meeting between the two teams.
- BCCI president Mithun Manhas said Harmanpreet Kaur should support Mandhana as she takes over the leadership role.
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