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ICC Women's T20 World Cup: I've Never Had So Much Fun In The India Team, Says Smriti Mandhana

With four teenagers in their squad, India, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have a lively group at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup

ICC Women's T20 World Cup: I've Never Had So Much Fun In The India Team, Says Smriti Mandhana
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With an average age of just under 23 in a squad featuring four teenagers, Harmanpreet Kaur라이브 바카라 side is awash with youthful energy.바카라 웹사이트(More Cricket News)

Fans and players alike are being invited to 'The Big Dance' and India are taking that to heart, with social media showing the dressing room as a non-stop dance floor.

Smriti Mandhana, a fixture in the India team for five years, is a willing partner in crime to ring-leader Jemimah Rodrigues and feels refreshed by the atmosphere in the group.

“You can think of the vibe if you see the age of our team!” said the 23-year-old.

“With that kind of age group, there has to be fun and if there라이브 바카라 no fun there라이브 바카라 something wrong with the girls.

“It라이브 바카라 been like that for the last one or two years. I won’t say it wasn’t like that in the years before but since the teenagers have come, there is a different energy.

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“Young players come into it with fresh thinking, they don’t have anything behind them. They know nothing. They’re very different people to we were when we came into the side at 17.

“They are very fearless, they don’t have a lot of pressure on them. They think like it라이브 바카라 any other match and coming into a World Cup, that라이브 바카라 the best thing about them.”

Rodrigues, 19, composed a rap to mark Harmanpreet라이브 바카라 100th T20I in September last year alongside Harleen Deol.

With 16-year-old prodigy Richa Ghosh fast-tracked into the squad without a T20I appearance and Shafali Verma, also 16, getting to meet her idol Sachin Tendulkar in Australia, dreams are coming true every day in the India camp.

One player you won’t find getting her dancing shoes on is seamer Shikha Pandey.

“I’ve got two left feet, so there라이브 바카라 no chance I’m joining them!” said the 30-year-old. “I just sing along.”

It seems there라이브 바카라 no danger of a split between young and old, with 27-year-old batter Veda Krishnamurthy loving the ride.

“This group really knows how to have fun,” she said.

“It라이브 바카라 about making the young players feel comfortable and I’ve become one with them. We have a lot of dances, a lot of singing and a lot of things that happen.

“I think we’re the happiest team at the World Cup - although Thailand might give us some competition!”

(Courtesy: ICC)

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