Women's World Cup 2025: Harmanpreet Kaur says Smriti and Pratika have relieved a lot of our pressure.
Smriti Mandhana and Pratika Rawal, the openers, have been praised by India Women's captain Harmanpreet Kaur for their ability to maintain consistency at the top of the order. Over the years, Smriti and Pratika have given many excellent beginnings at the top. Since Pratika entered the ODI system, Harmanpreet acknowledged that it has been simpler for the batters to follow from No. 3 onward to advance the game. We have formed significant alliances ever since Pratika joined the group. In my opinion, it facilitates the subsequent batting order and allows us to predict the innings in advance. The pair has relieved us of a great deal of stress and made our work easy," Harmanpreet said in an interview with JioStar . Smriti compared Pratika to herself, emphasizing how, in contrast to others, she had succeeded in the global arena after persevering in the domestic system. Pratika and I share a lot of similarities. On the field, we like to stick to our routines and avoi...