Bengaluru, Sept. 21 -- Indian batter Smriti Mandhana reflected on how reaching the finals of the 2017 ICC Cricket World Cup "changed a lot of things" and she returned to India with a lot more followers on Instagram than usual.

Smriti was speaking in a video posted by her Women's Premier League (WPL) franchise, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

Speaking in the video, Smriti recalled that she did not know how to use Instagram back then, and she was heading into the tournament with "800-odd followers" but returned to India with around a "million followers". She also recalled how magnificent reaction and welcome back home was for Team India, despite losing to England by nine runs in the finals.

"I went into the World Cup, I did not know h...