Mandhana was heartbroken (Photo-Hotstar Screenshot)

Women's World Cup 2025: The hopes of Team India, which was considered a contender for the Women's World Cup 2025, got a big blow when it lost three consecutive matches one after the other. After losing to South Africa and Australia, Team India also had to face defeat from England. Team India could have easily won the match played at Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday, but after the dismissal of Smriti Mandhana, the situation completely changed and the team lost by just 5 runs. The interesting thing is that captain Harmanpreet Kaur put the entire blame for the defeat on poor shot selection and she also took the name of Smriti Mandhana. Harmanpreet Kaur said that Mandhana's dismissal was the turning point and things changed from there.

Why did Harmanpreet take Mandhana's name?

Smriti Mandhana was out on the second ball of the 42nd over. Even when this batsman was out, India could have easily won the match because Deepti Sharma and Richa Ghosh were at the crease and both are very experienced players. Both of them were also out by the 47th over and in the end Anjot and Sneh Rana could not finish the match. But Harmanpreet Kaur said that Mandhana's dismissal was the turning point. Whereas she herself was out before him after scoring 70 runs. He also lost his wicket by playing a bad shot, after which head coach Amol Majumdar appeared very unhappy with him. In the dressing room, he was seen gesturing to them and saying something and he looked angry and disappointed.

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Mandhana became emotional

Smriti Mandhana was out after scoring 88 runs and when she returned to the dugout, she was looking very emotional. After the defeat, she appeared more emotional. Mandhana herself admitted that she was responsible for this defeat. Mandhana said, 'I take responsibility for this. It all started with my wicket. Our shot selection could have been better. We needed only 6 runs in every over. We should have taken the game further down the stretch. Let us tell you that Team India has won only 2 out of five matches in this tournament, it has lost in 3. But despite this he has a chance to reach the semi-finals. If Team India defeats New Zealand and Bangladesh in its next two matches, its semi-final ticket will be confirmed.