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Indian cricketer (born 1996)
Smriti Mandhana is an Indian international cricketer and the captain of the Indian women's national team. She was part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup, the Women's Asia Cup in 2016, 2022 and 2026. She also won gold medals at the 2022 and 2026 Asian Games, and a silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games representing India.
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India handed young all-rounder Niki Prasad her T20I debut as Smriti Mandhana’s side elected to bowl against Zimbabwe in Raipur. The match marks Zimbabwe’s first bilateral women’s cricket series against India and Raipur’s first women’s international match
IND vs ZIM: Smriti Mandhana begins her full-time captaincy journey with a player-first philosophy, drawing on lessons from senior India leaders and her experience with RCB in the WPL. She aims to build a professional, united team and gradually take India to the No. 1 spot across all three formats.
India Women meet Zimbabwe for the first time at 7pm IST, with Shafali Verma as the new vice-captain and the No. 3 spot still open.