When ICC ODI batting ranking announced Smriti Mandhana as world number one in women\u2019s cricket leaving behind Australians Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning, it was definitely a proud moment. And, the first thing Smriti did was call her family. \u201cMy parents were super-excited, but my brother started pulling my leg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not many know that Smriti\u2019s love for \ncricket began while watching her brother play. In fact, she picked up \nher batting style from him. They are both left-handed batsmen. Though he\n stopped playing midway, Smriti continued chasing her dream and today, \nshe credits her success to her brother, Shravan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ask how Shravan \nreacts when people come up to her for photos, Smriti says, \u201cHe never \ngets jealous or awkward when people ask me for pictures when we are out.\n Had the scenario been opposite, it wouldn\u2019t have been easy for me \nsince, since I have always been a cry baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMore than anything \nelse, he is interested in the number of sixes I have hit. He is \nfascinated by sixes I started playing at the age of five and I still \nremember how I would watch him bat closely and would look forward to him\n bowling to me. There was a time when he had a good number of cricket \nballs that he won given his good performances in various tournaments, \nwhile I did not have any. And those balls are really special as they are\n signed by seniors and popular cricketers. But he would happily share \nthose balls with me so that I could continue practising,\u201d says the \ncricketer, who recently led India in T20 series against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming\n to the other half of this duo, Shravan, 26, too, only has good things \nto say about his little sister. \u201cShe always had it in her to make it \nbig,\u201d he says, before adding on a lighter note, \u201cSmriti is that typical \nyounger sister who keeps irritating me. I just wonder when will she grow\n up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ask Smriti one quality of her brother that irks her and she\n says, \u201cHe bothers me all the time. If I am watching TV, then he wants \nthe remote at that very moment. There are times when I get back home \nafter a long tour and if I\u2019m trying to play the keyboard, he also wants \nto play it at that very moment .\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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