Next seven months are going to be crucial: Smriti Mandhana on World Cup preparations

Less than a year is left for the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup and with limited opportunities that the Indian team is getting, they are putting their best foot forward to be ready for the multi-nation tournament.

Batting stalwart Smriti Mandhana has listed things the team needs to work on before the big tournament.            

"There are lots of things we need to work on as a team, especially in the batting department," Smriti said.

"Going forward, the next seven months are going to be really crucial. We have to start putting up good scores. If I talk about the one-day format, we have to start posting 250/260-plus scores when you are batting first consistently,” she added.

 India are scheduled to travel to Australia later this year which will be their biggest test ahead of the ICC tournament.

“Of course, our bowling and fielding can get consistent. We are probably having one good performance and probably one which is 'okay'. I think we can be consistent in that department. So, the next seven months are going to be very crucial to get ourselves completely ready for the one-day World Cup. Of course, the Australia series is also going to be big in terms of preparations for the World Cup,” the left-hander concluded.

[With the BCCI input]