Why smriti mandhana is not playing today

Indian Women's cricket team started their ICC Women's T20 World Cup campaign with a bang when they defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets. Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh guided Team India to victory with their match winning knocks. Shafali Varma also gave support to the Indian innings through her quick fire 33 run knock. Team India bowling coach Troy Cooley has given an update on Mandhana's availability for the match against West Indies, “Yeah, she’s been working very hard. It’ll obviously be assessed after today. She did everything [that] was needed to be done today and from us, we’ll look at how she pulls up. But we’re pretty confident. She got through the session today and did everything she needed to do.” Smriti Mandhana is one of the important pillars of the Indian Women's cricket team and she has been one of the key players from a long time who has been winning matches constantly. The left hand opener was in contention to win the Smriti also became the most expensive player in the recently concluded Women's Premier League auction as she was bought for a whopping price of INR 3.40 crore by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Smriti is expected to lead the side in the tournament alongside big players like Ellyse Perry, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Singh, Sophie Devine and Heather Knight. The Women's Premier League is set to begin from 4th March and will go on till 26th March. The Women's Premier League match will be hosted by Mumbai and all the matches will be played at the Brabourne S...

"I think more than the mental part, it's about managing a little bit of physical part," Mandhana said in a virtual media interaction ahead of the second T20. "Definitely, I'll be thinking about pulling out of WBBL because I don't want to miss out on playing for India or having any niggles when I play for India because I want to give my 100% when I play international cricket. So definitely, I'll be thinking about playing or pulling out of Big Bash."

It was really nice actually, I have been a part of the T20 team and have not been able to get a game. It was nice to get on the pitch. Unfortunately, we did not get the result we wanted. It's still very special when you get to play for England. It was a really enjoyable day even though we did not get the win. She is hard to bowl at because she is so patient and also because she is so technically correct. You have to bowl really well to get her out and to build pressure. In the first ODI, I thought, she did not give us any chances and that's the mark of a great player, somebody who really values her wicket in order to grind out some runs. She can be really frustrating to bowl at and we know we have to comeback even better to keep her quiet in the upcoming games. The IPL is something that has been a global success and the fact that so many fans around the world watch it just goes to show that. So the fact that MS Dhoni is on my TV screen for a big chunk of the start of the season here in England when the IPL is on and it just goes on to show that he is accessible for any cricket fan to watch. He has been so brilliant for the game and the name like his has probably inspired a lot of female Indian cricketers as well to play cricket. So people like Dhoni are the reason you might pick up a bat or a ball. Cricket is about how many people can you get to play the game we all love and Dhoni has been able to do that for an entire nation back in India. I think one of Dhoni's biggest q...

Smriti Mandhana, Meghna Singh And Renuka Singh Still In Managed Isolation: Yastika Bhatia At this moment, it is hard to say whether the three players will be available for selection for the first ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand women on Saturday. • Asian News International • Updated: February 09, 2022 11:07 AM IST India batter Yastika Bhatia on Wednesday said that Smriti Mandhana is still in managed isolation as per the New Zealand government guidelines and that is the reason she did not play in the one-off T20I against the White Ferns. Bhatia also confirmed that Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh are also in managed isolation. At this moment, it is hard to say whether these three will be available for selection for the first ODI of the five-match series on Saturday. "Smriti Mandhana, Meghna Singh, and Renuka Singh are in compulsory MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) as per New Zealand government guidelines. That is all we can say at the moment," said Yastika during a virtual press conference. Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine's good knocks with the bat were followed by Jess Kerr's two-wicket haul as New Zealand defeated India by 18 runs in the one-off T20I at the John Davies Oval on Wednesday. Earlier, Bates and Devine played knocks of 36 and 31 to help New Zealand post 155/5 in the allotted twenty overs. For India, Deepti Sharma returned with two wickets.

India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was on Saturday ruled out of the team's opening Women's T20 World Cup game against Pakistan on Sunday as she is "still recovering" from a finger injury. Smriti Mandhana(PTI/File Photo) The 26-year-old Mandhana had picked up the injury while fielding during the warm-up game against Australia earlier this week, which forced her out of the second warm-up tie against Bangladesh. "Smriti has a finger injury and is still (in) recovery, so she won't play most likely. It's not a fracture and we're hopeful she will be available from the second game onwards," stand-in coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar said during a press conference. "You want to be playing the strong teams, the arch-rivals if you can call them that. We are totally prepared for what happens, the atmosphere is good," added Kanitkar. The former India men's team cricketer added that captain Harmanpreet Kaur has recovered fully from the shoulder niggle she picked up during the Tri-series against West Indies and South Africa. "Harman is fit to play. She has batted for the last two days in the nets, she is fine," Kanitkar added. Earlier on Saturday, Mandhana posted her images on social media in full cricketing gear and captioned them, "Let's go T20WorldCup2023". The Indian team is clubbed alongside England, Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland in Group B. India come into the World Cup match having lost the recent Tri-series final to South Africa. They also lost the warm-up game against Australia bef...

CHESTER-LE-STREET, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Smriti Mandhana of India bats during the 1st Vitality IT20 match between England Women v India Women at Seat Unique Riverside on September 10, 2022 in Chester-le-Street, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: JAN KRUGER CHESTER-LE-STREET, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Smriti Mandhana of India bats during the 1st Vitality IT20 match between England Women v India Women at Seat Unique Riverside on September 10, 2022 in Chester-le-Street, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images) | Photo Credit: JAN KRUGER India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is considering pulling out of the Women’s Big Bash League to manage her workload, allowing her to be in top shape for national duty. Mandhana has been on the road since February when India played a bilateral series against New Zealand ahead of the ODI World Cup. After the Commonwealth Games last month, the southpaw stayed back in the UK for the Hundred and is now part of the bilateral series against host England. “I think more than the mental part, it’s about managing a little bit of physical part,” Mandhana said in a virtual media interaction ahead of the second T20. “Definitely, I’ll be thinking about pulling out of WBBL because I don’t want to miss out on playing for India or having any niggles when I play for India because I want to give my 100% when I play international cricket. So definitely, I’ll be thinking about playing or pulling out of Big Bash.” India’s women cricketers...

In a massive setback for Team India ahead of iconic India versus Pakistan game on 12th February, star India batter Smriti Mandhana has been ruled out of the game with a finger injury. Although Hrishikesh Kanitkar, the stand-in coach for India, has confirmed that there is no fracture, it is being suggested that she will be back for the second game for India in the group stage versus the West Indies. Smriti Mandhana. PC: Getty Images To add more to the injury scare was how there was news on Harmanpreet Kaur picking up a shoulder niggle during the just concluded tri-series featuring West Indies and South Africa, which also saw her not playing the warm-up games, but she has been declared fit to play in welcome news ahead of this key encounter. At the pre-match press conference, Kanitkar was quoted saying, “Harman is fit to play. She has batted for the last two days in the nets; she is fine. Smriti has a finger injury and is still recovering, so she won’t play, most likely. It’s not a fracture, and we’re hopeful she will be available from the second game onwards.” It is speculated that Smriti Mandhana picked up the injury in one of the warm-up matches, and India will dearly miss her services in this crucial match. In the warm-up match versus Australia, she batted at #3 instead of her opening slot and lasted for three balls only before she missed the second warm-up against Bangladesh. Good News and Bad News from the Indian camp ahead of their opening encounter against Pakistan t...