The story of Mandhana’s weakness in the WPL match against Mumbai Indians is similar to Virat Kohli’s ongoing struggle against spin.
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Delhi: Jersey number one. Franchisee One. The result of the team on the field in T20 league is also one. And, now the disease that has struck is also the same. Nothing is going well for Smriti Mandhana in the Women’s Premier League ie WPL. Be it captaincy or batting, the condition is shaky in all. Under his captaincy, RCB has lost 2 out of 2 matches played so far in WPL. now in the middle of the story of defeat flash memory It seems that he has also got the disease like Virat Kohli. And, this thing now seems to have spread like a wild fire.
What is that thing about Smriti Mandhana that has spread like wild fire, he will tell, but before that just know the condition of his batting. Mandhana scored 35 runs in the first match against Delhi. At the same time, she got out after scoring 23 runs against Mumbai. In both the matches, she got out after freezing on the pitch. But, the real pole opened when she got out against Mumbai Indians.
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Off-spin became a challenge for Smriti Mandhana
It was already known that the off-spinner is his weak link for Smriti Mandhana. But, in the match against Mumbai Indians, it was once again seen to be stamped. Actually, it happened that as soon as in the 5th over of RCB’s innings, his 2 wickets fell at the interval of 3 balls. The Mumbai team got a chance to completely tighten the screws on the match. In this effort, he put off-spinner Hailey Mathews against Smriti Mandhana in the very next over.
Harmanpreet’s bet was successful
Mumbai Indians captain Harmanpreet Kaur got the benefit of this move and got the wicket she was looking for on the very second ball. Smriti Mandhana was once again seen losing wickets inside the powerplay against off-spin. This is the 8th time in T20 when he has lost such wickets against off spin.
Like Virat, Mandhana is also struggling against spin
In the words of commentator Akash Chopra, Mandhana’s weakness in the WPL match against Mumbai Indians has spread like wildfire. This has become a similar story as Virat Kohli’s ongoing struggle against spin. Means now all the teams can make a strategy against Mandhana keeping this weakness in mind.
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