Smriti Mandhana Love : Indian Women’s Vice- Captain Smriti Mandhana went through many things in recent times in the last month. Smriti played a very crucial role in India winning the ODI World Cup 2025, but her personal life shattered after that win. But now the star batter is back to the place which is her first love – playing cricket.
“Cricket Is My Only Love” : Smriti Mandhana Love
Mandhana has been named India’s vice-captain of the Indian T20I team that will play against Sri Lanka in a series starting from December 21. It will be India’s first bilateral series since the Indian women won the ODI World Cup 2025 final on November 2. On Wednesday, Mandhana joined the event with Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
Smriti Mandhana said,
“Well, to be fair, I mean, as Harman said, the love for the game, and I don’t think I love anything in life more than cricket. So, when you go out to bat or when you go out to represent your country, I don’t think any other thoughts are there in the mind. When you put on the Indian jersey, the only thing you want to do is represent India and win the match for the country.”
“And yeah, I mean, the biggest motivation is that when you put on the jersey and ‘India’ is written on it. I mean, I always tell everyone that once you put on the jersey, you just keep all your problems aside and just be on the field, because you have a responsibility and you are one among two billion people who are representing your country. And I mean, just the thought of that is enough for you to have that razor-sharp focus and do what you want to do.”
“We Don’t Have Arguments”: Smriti Mandhana
Further, Mandhana was also asked about disagreements within the team. She said,
“Well, I think, firstly, I don’t look at it as issues because everyone is waiting to win the game for the country, and everyone has their own opinion on how we will win the game for the country.”
“But genuinely, if we don’t have those discussions or arguments, we aren’t winning on the ground. Because if we do not have those sorts of discussions where we are disagreeing about something, that means we are not passionate enough to win the match for the team. So, we definitely do have those sorts of discussions.”
Smriti Mandhana was all set to marry music composer Palash Muchhal on November 23, Sunday. Later the wedding was postponed after Mandhana’s father, Srinivas Mandhana, fell ill. On December 7, Smriti Mandhana and Palash Muchhal both posted on social media that the wedding has been called off.
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