#CricketWithTOI | India vice-captain #SmritiMandhana has earned another prestigious honour after being named in #TIME magazine's list of the 100 Most #Influential People in #Sports 2026, emerging as the only Indian to feature among a star-studded global lineup.
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“No Selfie, No Favors, Just a Rose and a Thank You: The Fan Moment That Touched Smriti Mandhana’s Heart”❤️🥺
Smriti Mandhana said:🗣️
“Recently, I was coming from Sangli after a shoot. I was shooting something in the car. We stopped in midway to change the car after the shoot was done.
Then I sat in my car and there was a girl knocking on the door, like a very small girl, and she got like a bunch of roses. And I thought, like, how much do I pay? Like, I didn't know what... I asked her, why are you giving? She said, I just got it for you. I said, wow, thank you.
I said, do you want something? She said, No I just wanted to say thank you. And she just gave me and went and didn't even ask for a photo or anything. I was like, wow, this kind of made my day. Like, you know, someone who's just coming and giving roses to you and like a small girl saying thank you and not asking anything in return.”[Humans of Bombay]
POTM should ideally be Smriti Mandhana for taking the game away from Pakistan in Over 9 to Over 13.4.
She scored 40 (20) in that period and played a part in shooting India's run-rate from 6.0 to 8.1.
36(35) alongside eating wickets of 2 players avg goat innings by our captain KAUR who can’t run, bat & captain at all & is aiming for 2029 wc. But everything changes when she plays for MI. If u don’t trust ur own tm that means u doubt ur own selection bcoz ffs u r the cap of d tm
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