WPL 2024: Smriti Mandhana’s onside game shines in fabulous knock as RCB go third with win over UPW
There have been quite a few positives from the first half of WPL 2024. But perhaps none has been more eye-soothing than Smriti Mandhana’s onside play. It was almost unfair that for the longest time in her career, a batter of her caliber hadn’t fully embraced the leg side. A reservation the RCB captain seems to have left behind in the ongoing WPL season.
While her first fifty hadn’t been enough to see through a 195-run chase last week, Mandhana once again took centre stage on Monday, leading RCB to a crucial 28-run win against UP Warriorz midway through the league stage. One that sees them make the top three ahead of the Delhi leg.
It was the elegant southpaw who had set the tone. Losing their last two games after winning as many to open their campaign had left RCB vulnerable, Mandhana a...