Star opener Smriti Mandhana has the temperament that fits the captaincy and her knack of being constant makes her a perfect candidate to guide India after Mithali Raj, former captain Shantha Rangaswamy mentioned. The Mithali Raj-led facet, who had been the final version’s runners-up, misplaced to South Africa by three wickets to make a untimely exit from the showpiece, capping an inconsistent present.
Even as she has stopped in need of calling it quits, Mithali’s 23-year-old worldwide profession could have come to an finish with the defeat. Shantha mentioned her alternative for the following captain is Smriti and never the India star batter Harmanpreet Kaur.
“Mithali can go on if she wants to… Smriti should lead. Harman is a proven match-winner and star player but captaincy needs taking responsibility and playing consistently well. Additional responsibility of captaincy may weigh Harman down,” Shantha was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
“It will put an additional burden on Harman. Smriti can handle that better. Her temperament is suited to captaincy,” the BCCI Apex Council member added.
India had began out as favourites and had an ideal build-up to the match enjoying collection in opposition to South Africa, England, Australia and hosts New Zealand simply earlier than the match.
Having began off with a win over Pakistan, India crashed to a 62-run defeat to New Zealand after being bowled out for 198.
In the following match, they bounced again to defeat the West Indies by 155 runs however solely to undergo two defeats on the trot, in opposition to defending champions England and Australia.
Against England, they folded for simply 134 to undergo a four-wicket defeat.
“The expectations were high since they finished runners-up last time. The results came to those who played consistently throughout. India especially in the England game, they were skittled out. Luck played its part too.
“England performed badly initially after which bounced again to qualify. Overall, India performed nicely, there’s nothing to be ashamed of,” she said.
A no-ball by Deepti Sharma when she had the wicket of well-set Mignon du Preez also turned the tide against India in the final over, as South Africa clinched a last-ball thriller.
“The no-ball at this time additionally went in opposition to them, luck once more performed a component. But they had been inconsistent. If you take a look at the final one 12 months, Smriti and Mithali have been constant,” she signed off.