Smriti Mandhana’s fire after Vaibhav Suryavanshi (PHOTO: PTI)
Vaibhav Suryavanshi on 27 June, Smriti Mandhana on 28 June… In two days these two players answered the biggest question in England. Now you must be wondering what is the question? So here are we talking about the question that is born after Virat Kohli’s departure? He stood after retiring from Test cricket? If not Virat, how will the number 18 jersey be seen in England? Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Smriti Mandhana have emerged as the answer to the same question. Both these players have retained the number 18 jersey in England with their game.
Number 18 jersey in England
India’s Senior Men’s team, Under -19 team, senior women’s team, all are playing some series in England at this time. The senior man’s team is not Virat this time, because he took retirement from the Test just before this tour. Due to the absence of Virat, the number 18 jersey is not seen in the senior man’s team, but his under -19 and women’s team is definitely seen to be freezing.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi colored color with a rapid innings
India’s Under -19 Mains team played their first match of the 5 ODI series against England’s Under -19 team on June 27, in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi, wearing number 18 jersey, performed a bang. Playing at a strike rate of more than 250, he hit 48 runs off just 19 balls. Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s innings played at a strike rate of 252.63 included 5 sixes and 3 fours. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the under -19 player of India with number 18 jersey, laid such foundation with his explosive innings that the team won the match 156 balls by 6 wickets.
Smriti Mandhana showed strength with a bang century
Like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Smriti Mandhana also gave color in number 18 jersey. He scored 112 runs from just 62 balls against England’s women’s team in the match played on 28 June, which included 15 fours and 3 sixes. This was the first century of Smriti Mandhana in T20 International, on which India’s women’s team won by 97 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 5 T20 series.
