Pink-ball gazing pays dividends
The Hindu
For the last three months, Smriti Mandhana has had a pink Kookaburra ball in her kit. And, she has been “looking” at it as often as possible.That probably helped, as she took the pink ball on on the o
For the last three months, Smriti Mandhana has had a pink Kookaburra ball in her kit. And, she has been “looking” at it as often as possible.
That probably helped, as she took the pink ball on on the opening day of India’s Day-Night Test against Australia as if she had been doing it all her life. That she had had just two training sessions with the pink ball didn’t seem to matter.
The elegant left-hander was unbeaten on 80 when rain brought an early end to the first day’s play at Carrara. At a virtual press conference she revealed she had ordered the pink ball while playing The Hundred in England.