Milestone: Smriti reaps reward for consistency, determination
New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- This year, the Indian women's cricket team engraved its name in the history books. They became ODI World Cup winners and it has unlocked in them the urge to recreate the run again, across formats and tournaments. They want to make winning a habit, several players said. For a team hoping to win consistently, the role model is there within their own dressing room.
Smriti Mandhana has long been the constant - the assuring figure on whom the team can lean on. She crossed 10,000 international runs on Sunday while scoring a match-winning 80 in the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka. It is not merely a landmark achieved through longevity, but the result of a batting career built on repeatability and a stubbornness in not letting t...
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