Indian bowlers dominating their batters was the biggest positive: Smriti Mandhana on Australia tour

The series was lost but star opener Smriti Mandhana believes the Indian team gained quite a lot from its recent tour of Australia, the biggest positive being the visiting bowlers’ impressive performance in the multi-format rubber.

India lost the series 5-11 after going down in the white-ball leg and drawing the lone Test.

“We had a lot of positives. Everyone did well, especially the bowling. It was one department where we were way better than the Aussies which is a huge thing for the Indian team,” Mandhana said during a Clubhouse session on 10 years of Red Bull Campus Cricket during which its first ever women’s edition was announced.

“To come to Australia and outplay their bowlers and outplay their pacers was so amazing to watch, the way Jhulan di (Goswami) bowled, Pooja (Vastrakar) bowled and Renuka (Singh) and Shikha di (Pandey) bowled in the T20 format…”

“It was amazing to watch our bowlers dominating the Australian batters, that was the biggest positive.” Mandhana added.

The stylish southpaw, who had one of her best away series where she scored 86 in an ODI followed by a majestic 127, her first ton in Tests, and then a 52 in the final T20I, added that had rain not played spoilsport, the series…

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