The Women's World Cup 2025 is up and running in style, and the hosts, India, managed to win their first game comprehensively against Sri Lanka. However, star Indian batters failed to deliver in the opening game, with Smriti Mandhana scoring just eight despite her good form before the tournament.
The Indian captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, also could manage just 21 runs and would be hoping for a bigger contribution in the upcoming games. For India to do well in the tournament, runs from both Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are important, as both of them score quickly, which helps in putting pressure on the opposition team.
Both of them have been pretty successful in their career, but let's now see what their record have been in the 50-over Women's World Cups.
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Harmanpreet Kaur is a more experienced cricketer that Smriti Mandhana and played her first World Cup match in 2009. So, the Indian captain is currently playing her fifth Women's ODI World Cup, while Smriti Mandhana made her World Cup debut in the 2017 edition.
Thus, Harmanpreet Kaur has played more matches in World Cups than Smriti Mandhana. Also, the Indian captain has done better than the vice-captain. Harmanpreet Kaur has an average of close to 50 while Smriti Mandhana has a mediocre average of 35.43.
Harmanpreet's strike-rate too has been better, and despite batting in the middle order, she has scored more centuries in World Cup cricket compared to Smriti Mandhana. Thus, it is clear that Harmanpreet Kaur has a better record in the ODI World Cup than Smriti Mandhana.
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If we see the overall ODI numbers, then Smriti Mandhana has been prolific. She has an ODI average of 47.53, which is 10 percentage points more than Harmanpreet Kaur and has scored more hundreds as well.
One thing that goes in favour of Mandhana is that she is an opening batter and gets more time in the middle than Harmanpreet Kaur, who bats in the middle order.
Conclusion: It is safe to conclude that Harmanpreet Kaur takes her game a notch higher in World Cups and has been one of India's best batters in the marquee tournament. Smriti Mandhana, on the other hand, has been brilliant in bilateral cricket, but has not lived upto her standards in World Cups and would need to get it right in home conditions.
Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur (Source:@cricketworldcup/X.com)
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