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We are going to see an even better version of Smriti Mandhana: Ellyse Perry backs RCB skipper | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Legendary Australian player Ellyse Perry backed under-fire Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana for not performing to her potential in the ongoing Women's Premier League (WPL).Perry said Mandhana, who was bought for Rs 3.4 crore in the inaugural WPL auction, just needs a chance to "find her feet" in the T20 league.Perry, the six-time T20 World Cup winner, hoped the Indian would overcome this phase and come out with a "better version" of herself.Mandhana, WPL's most expensive buy, has been going through a lean patch and has scored 35, 23, 18 and 4 as RCB suffered four straight defeats in the tournament so far."Knowing Smriti and how proud and responsible she is for her own game, there's probably no more pressure on her than what she is putting on herself," Perry...
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Ellyse Perry – One of a kind

RCB’s Ellyse Perry in action during the WPL match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini She can bend it like Beckham. She is known more for swinging it like Anderson, though.Ellyse Perry is truly special. How many athletes have been good enough to play the World Cups in two different sports? She is, of course, regarded as one of the all-time greats in women’s cricket, but she is amazingly talented as a footballer as well. Just rewind to the goal she scored for Australia against Sweden in the 2011 FIFA Women’s Football World Cup in Germany. She actually bent it like Beckham — from the edge of the box to the top corner of the net. For Perry that goal now almost seems like from another life. “It all happened so long ago, but I ...