After impressing the cricket world and flooring even the staunchest of the critics of the women’s game with her splendid batting efforts as seen at the one-off Test at the iconic Lord’s ground in which India clinically trumped the hosts England, Smriti Mandhana is ready to excite and take the world of franchise cricket by a storm thanks to her next assignment. It ought to be noted that batting in sensational form, Smriti Mandhana scored in excess of 150 runs hitting half centuries in both of the innings of the Lord’s Test match.

And thus, offered his side a strong and memorable foundation on which to further build on. India were able to remove England even before the final and fourth day of the contest could be rendered complete.

Now, it shall be The Hundred that’ll be the pinnacle of her cricketing attention and duties as far as Smriti Mandhana’s next batting assignment in the current year is concerned.

The famous left handed batter known for her incredible ability to score runs beautifully is ready take the world of The Hundred by a storm. She has signed up with the Manchester Super Giants side that is owned by the eminent Goenka group from India who also own and operate the IPL’s noted Lucknow Super Giants side.

It ought to be noted that this marks a first season with a new team for the great Indian batter with the women’s edition of the Hundred held during the second half of the year. The brave left hander is noted for her previous stint with the Southern Brave side.

Along with some of the famous and respected names from the firmament of Indian women’s cricket involving Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana is a new and brilliant addition to the widely popular franchise based white ball cricket tournament held each year in England.

This year, the Hundred shall unfurl its sixth edition and shall undergo live from July 21, in the next few hours with much excitement and amid great euphoria. The contest between MI London and Sunrisers Leeds shall mark the double header as both men’s and women’s competitions shall be played shortly on the date.

While Jemimah is signed up with the Southern Brave side and Richa Ghosh is to play for the Manchester Super Giants alongside Mandhana, Deepti Sharma is signed up with the Sunrisers Leeds unit.

Perhaps one could say that what’s interesting to note is that none of the Indian men’s cricketers are signed up to play in the league, whether one talks of past or current talents.

That said, Mandhana, who recently turned 30, will be hoping to score some memorable knocks and help her already powerful looking side powered by the likes of Meg Lanning, Sophie Ecclestone, and Maddie Villiers to reach the far reaching end of England’s famous franchise cricketing competition.