Smriti Mandhana's captaincy will be tested, Team India will face this team in ODI
Smriti Mandhana: A three-match ODI series is to be played between India and Ireland. Its first match is on January 10. Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested in this series and the responsibility of captaincy is on the shoulders of Smriti Mandhana.
Ankush Pandey
Smriti Mandhana: The Indian men's cricket team is away from action right now, but the women's team is going to be seen on the field. A three-match ODI series will be played between India and Ireland, the first match of which is to be held in Rajkot on January 10. The special thing is that this time Smriti Mandhana has been given the command of the team. Harmanpreet Kaur has been rested from this series. Also, it will have to be seen how Smriti Mandhana plays as a captain and what wonders she shows in captaincy. After defeating West Indies recently, the morale of the Indian team is high at this time.
Smriti Mandhana has captained India in only one ODI so far
Smriti Mandhana has captained Team India in only one ODI so far. In the year 2024, she got the opportunity to captain against New Zealand, in which the Indian team was successful in registering a win. Although India will face Ireland, so there is not much tension, but still the question will be whether Smriti Mandhana is able to maintain the form she showed in the last series or not. Smriti Mandhana will try to continue the winning streak against West Indies.
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Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs in the West Indies series
Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team defeated the West Indies in the three-match ODI series and also won two matches in the T20 series. However, India lost one match. But still the series was won by India. Smriti Mandhana scored the most runs in this series. Now the team in front is considered weak, Mandhana will have a chance to show her talent by batting brilliantly once again.
India and Ireland have already played 12 One-Day Internationals.
Harmanpreet Kaur is not in the series against Ireland, Renuka Singh has also been rested. In such a situation, the challenge will not be easy for Smriti Mandhana. However, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal and Jemima Rodrigues scored runs in the last series, so they would like to continue that. India and Ireland have faced each other in 12 ODIs so far, every time Team India has been successful in winning. It should be expected that something similar will happen this time too and India will be successful in winning two back to back ODI series by sweeping Ireland.
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India: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Deepti Sharma, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Uma Chhetri, Richa Ghosh, Tejal Hasambis, Raghavi Bisht, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Tanuja Kanwar, Titas Sadhu, Saima Thakor, Sayali Satghare
Ireland: Gabby Lewis (captain), Ava Canning, Christina Reilly, Alanna Dalzell, Laura Delany, Georgina Dempsey, Sarah Forbes, Arlene Kelly, Joanna Loughran, Amy Maguire, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Una Raymond Hoey, Freya Sargeant, Rebecca Stokell.
