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Budding women cricketers will look up to Mithali and not Sachin: Mandhana
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) India women’s cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana on Saturday said aspiring female players will now look up to Mithali Raj for inspiration and not Sachin Tendulkar, underlining the rising stock of their trade after their World Cup heroics in England recently.
India eves created a stir when they reached the final of the Women’s World Cup earlier this year.
Led by Mithali, the women in blue lost by nine runs to the hosts following an inexplicable late collapse at the Lord’s.
However, even in defeat, the Indian team won many hearts with cricketers like Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli lauding their efforts.
“I don’t think anybody will ask us who is our favourite male cricketer. I believe girls will start playing cricket and I think they will be compared to Mithali Raj and not Sachin Tendulkar,” Mandhana told India Today TV channel at the Mind Rocks event here.
The 21-year-old was referring to an incident when Mithali was asked to name her favourite male cricketer.
The reply was, “Do you ask the same question to a male cricketer? Do you ask them who their favourite female cricketer is?” Mithali had said to the scribe in question.
Talking about the prospect of a women’s Indian Premier League (IPL), Mandhana said: “Women’s IPL will be a great thing. The domestic players will get to play with the international stars. I’m sure BCCI will think about it.”
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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