Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|30-10-2025
Smriti has received tips from Yuvraj (Photo: PTI)
IND vs AUS, Women's World Cup 2025 Semifinal: India will face Australia in the second semi-final of the Women's ODI World Cup 2025. The question in everyone's mind is that how will the Indian team defeat Australia, which is undefeated in the last 15 matches of the World Cup? And, while doing so, how will she get a ticket to the semi-finals? Of course, on paper Australia is twenty. But, cricket is a game of uncertainties, in which anything can happen on any day. India is the only team which defeated Australia in the semi-finals of Women's World Cup 2017.
So if after 8 years history seems to be repeating itself, then there is nothing surprising in it. And, especially not when India's star batsman Smriti Mandhana is using what Yuvraj Singh told her as her weapon. Anyway, Smriti likes to score big against Australia.This statement of Yuvraj became a weapon for Smriti
Smriti Mandhana revealed the things told by Yuvraj Singh in the interview given to Jatin Sapru. She said that when Yuvraj Bhaiya met her before the start of Women's ODI World Cup 2025, he had told her not to keep expectations on her shoulders, just to play her game.
Meaning, there will be a burden of expectations of 140 crore Indians, but on the cricket field, they should not think about that but should only think about their game.Smriti Mandhana told that what are your expectations as a player, you should think about it and just try to fulfill it. You think about your team, play for it. If you have done all this then understand that the burden of expectations will also be fulfilled automatically.
Important role in bringing the team to the semi-finals
Playing keeping those words of Yuvraj Singh in mind, Smriti Mandhana has brought her team to the semi-finals of the Women's ODI World Cup 2025.
To bring the team to this stage, she has scored 300 plus runs along with one century. But the work is not completed yet. Because now Australia is facing in the semi-finals, against whom Smriti Mandhana team has big hopes. And, why should they consider him as his life based on his figures?Australia in the semi-finals… Smriti is there right?
Smriti Mandhana is just 4 runs away from completing her 1000 ODI runs against Australia. So far, he has scored 996 runs in 20 ODIs against Australia at an average of 49.80, which includes 4 centuries.
He has scored fifty plus in the last five innings of ODI against Australia. Meaning, his recent form is also tremendous against Australia. Looking at the recent form of Smriti Mandhana, who has made Yuvraj Singh's words Gurumantra against Australia, it would not be wrong to say - Why be afraid of the semi-finals?
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