WPL | Delighted at having sparked young girls’ dreams: Smriti Mandhana
In a happy place: Having put together a strong team, captain Smriti and RCB chairman Mishra are looking forward to a successful campaign.
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When Smriti Mandhana goes out to train at her hometown of Sangli these days, she often finds several girls playing alongside boys. “There would be four girls in a boys’ under-14 team and that makes me so happy and proud that I sit down and watch them for a while before I begin my training,” she said a few hours before the start of the Women’s Premier League, which will inspire all those girls to dream big.
“Before the 2017 World Cup, we were hoping to see more and more girls picking up bats and balls to play cricket,” she said.
Smriti is delighted that she is leading Royal Challengers Bangalore, a franchise ...