Smriti Mandhana is in the news as India shores up a historic win in women’s cricket World Cup talk. Indian captaincy standout, born 1996, top T20I scorer.
India has defended 170 to beat Pakistan by 64 runs at the T20 World Cup in Birmingham. Deepti Sharma took 5-10, aided by Smriti Mandhana’s 68 and Richa Ghosh’s late 34, while Bangladesh pulled off a record chase on the same pitch.