Birthday Special: Smriti Mandhana the Virat Kohli of Indian Women Team

Smriti Mandhana celebrating her 24th birthday

Smriti Mandhana, known as Virat Kohli of the Indian women's team, is celebrating her 24th birthday today. Smriti Mandhana, who bowled sixes from all over the world, is known for her aggressive attitude. Not only this, he also hit a century in a domestic ODI match. After this, his name became famous all over the country and then he made his mark on the world stage while playing for the Indian team.

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On July 18, 1996, Mumbai-born Smriti Mandhana scored a double century in an ODI match against Maharashtra in October 2013 while playing for the Maharashtra team. Smriti Mandhana scored a stormy 224 runs in just 150 balls. This unbeaten inning of the double century was played in the West Zone Under 19 tournament. The year 2018 was very good for Mandhana. After BCCI that year, ICC also selected him as the Best Woman Player of the Year.

Left-handed batsman Smriti Mandhana, who made her debut for the Indian team in April 2013, has so far played 51 ODIs for the country. In these matches, he has scored 2025 runs at an average of 43.08. Smriti Mandhana has so far scored four centuries and 17 half-centuries in Women's One Day International Cricket. Out of these, he scored two centuries during the ODI World Cup, but so far the Indian women's team has not won the ODI World Cup.

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Smriti Mandhana is counted among the stormiest players of T20 International cricket. Wearing an 18 number jersey like Virat Kohli, Smriti Mandhana runs with a strike rate of close to 120 in the shortest format of cricket. He has scored 1716 runs in 75 T20 Internationals, including 12 centuries. So far in T20 cricket, Smriti Mandhana has hit 221 fours and 32 sixes. At the same time, in ODI cricket, he has hit 247 fours and 25 sixes.

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