Smriti Mandhana, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) girls’s staff, has expressed her dislike for being in comparison to Virat Kohli, pointing out that she has now not completed the rest on the subject of what he has accomplished in his occupation.
Notably, each Mandhana and Kohli put on the similar jersey quantity, 18, for RCB and the Indian nationwide staff.
“I don’t like the kind of comparison because what he (Kohli) has achieved is amazing. I just hope that I reach that level, but I’m nowhere near. What he has achieved for this franchise (RCB), I would like to try and do that,” Mandhana instructed journalists in Mumbai on Sunday, March 5.
Kohli, alongside with RCB males’ staff captain Faf du Plessis within the Indian Premier League (IPL), had introduced Mandhana because the RCB skipper for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL) final month.
Having prior to now captained Maharashtra in home cricket and acted as a stand-in for India captain Harmanpreet Kaur on a number of events, Mandhana isn’t any stranger to the captaincy position. The left-handed opener said that she’s going to draw upon all her previous reports on the RCB camp.
“With the Women’s Premier League, I think it is an amazing time for women’s cricket. Everywhere you can see how people are excited and accepted women’s cricket in India. I have led domestic teams right from my age of 16, I have led Maharashtra team and in Challengers trophy. Captaincy is not something that is very new to me. I would like to use all those experienced I have had in WPL,” added Mandhana.
The 26-year-old Mandhana used to be the most costly purchase on the WPL 2023 Auction. She used to be purchased for a whopping INR 3.40 by way of the Bangalore-based franchise.