Smriti Mandhana says India need to work on batting, 'next 7 months going into World Cup will be crucial'

Smriti Mandhana said that the upcoming months going into the 2022 Women's World Cup will be a crucial period for India.

India women's opener Smriti Mandhana said that the team needs to improve its batting significantly in ODIs going into the 2022 Women's World Cup. Mandhana said that India have to try and score in excess of 260 runs consistently batting first. "We have to work on a lot of things, especially in the batting department. Going forward, the next seven months will be really crucial," Mandhana said in a virtual press conference. "We have to start putting up good scores. If I talk about the ODI format, we have to start posting 250-260-plus scores consistently while batting first, that's something we have to work on."