Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana (/smɪˌrɪ.tiː ˈmɑːn.dən.ɑː/ smi-ri-tee MAHN-dən-ah[1][2]; born 18 July 1996) is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL).[3][4][5]
Quotes
[edit]- The efforts of those who played before us, and all of us put together as a community, have now made this possible. Imagine those ex-women cricketers, who even without getting much 30 or 40 years ago, continued to play. They made our present reality possible
- I don’t like the comparison between men’s cricket and women’s cricket
- It’s just a different game. You don’t have to put us in the same category.
- Initially, when tennis was developing as a sport, there were comparisons made between the serve rates of different players. Now it has reached a point where Serena Williams is appreciated just as Roger Federer is in his own right. It’s time for cricket to also reach that place.
- Smriti Mandhana: “I don’t like the comparison between men’s cricket and women’s cricket, VOGUEIndia, 9 December 2022 by Akanksha Kamath
References
[edit]- ↑ Listen to Mandhana pronouncing her own name: "Smriti Mandhana's House Tour". YouTube. Retrieved 4 December 2021
- ↑ How to Pronounce Smriti Mandhana". YouTube. Retrieved 4 December 2021
- ↑ "WPL Auction 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore Buys Smriti Mandhana For Whopping Rs 3.40 Cr". English Jagran. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023
- ↑ Smriti Mandhana". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014
- ↑ Smriti Mandhana's journey from following her brother to practice to becoming a pivotal India batsman". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.