Congratulations to our Women Cricket team, ably led from the front, by their captain Smriti Mandana, for winning the ODI series 3-0, against the Ireland team. Not only that, Mandana has scored tons of runs during this series, especially with her new opening partner, Pratika Rawal, to prove that our bench strength is much better than some of our senior players. This team has surpassed records after records, which may take some time to beat. Though our Women team is shining, series after series, our Men team is losing series after series, that too miserably. Ironically, it is the senior players who have proved to be the bane for our defeat, even in our own den to New Zealand.
Despite their continued failures, the selectors and the coach are reluctant to give a chance to their bench strength, like the women team, who have proved to be the Super Women. Well done Mandana & her team. Keep up this good work.
Kavitha Srikanth,
Chennai, India