Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana: The Indian men’s cricket team is still away from action, but the women’s team is going to be seen on the field. A three-match ODI series will be played between India and Ireland, the first match of which is to be held in Rajkot on January 10. The special thing is that this time the command of the team has been given in the hands of Smriti Mandhana. Harmanpreet Kaur has got relief from this series. Along with this, it also has to be seen how Smriti Mandhana plays as a captain and what wonders she shows in captaincy. After recently defeating West Indies, the morale of the Indian team is high at the moment.
Smriti Mandhana has commanded India in only one ODI so far
Before this, Smriti Mandhana has captained Team India in only one ODI match. Only in the year 2024 did he get a chance to captain against New Zealand, in which the Indian team was successful in registering victory. Although India will face Ireland, hence there is not much tension, but still the question will remain whether Smriti Mandhana can maintain the same form which she had shown in the last series or not. Smriti Mandhana will try to continue her winning streak against West Indies.
Smriti Mandhana had scored the most runs in the West Indies series.
Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team defeated West Indies in the three-match ODI series and also won two matches of the T20 series. However, he had to face defeat in one match. But still India remained in control of the series. Smriti Mandhana had scored the most runs in this series. Now there is a team which is considered weak and Mandhana will have a chance to show her talent once again by batting brilliantly.
India and Ireland have faced each other in 12 ODIs so far
Not only is Harmanpreet Kaur not in the series against Ireland, Renuka Singh has also been rested. In such a situation, the challenge will not be easy for Smriti Mandhana. However, Harleen Deol, Pratika Raval and Jemimah Rodrigues had scored runs in the last series, so they would like to continue the same. India and Ireland have faced each other in 12 ODI matches so far, every time Team India has been successful in defeating them. It should be expected that something similar will happen this time too and India will be successful in winning two back to back ODI series by sweeping Ireland.
India: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Deepti Sharma, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri, Richa Ghosh, Tejal Hasambis, Raghvi Bisht, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakore, Sayali Satghare.
Ireland: Gabby Lewis (captain), Ava Canning, Christina Reilly, Alana Dalzell, Laura Delaney, Georgina Dempsey, Sarah Forbes, Arlene Kelly, Joanna Loughran, Amy Magire, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Una Raymond Hoey, Freya Sergeant, Rebecca Stokell.
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