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India 'A Bit More Pumped' When Playing Against Australia: Smriti Mandhana

By IANS News September 14, 2021 • 12:20 PM View: 1274

Indian women's team cricketer Smriti Mandhana has said that when it comes to Australia, her teammates are more pumped up because of the level of competitiveness of the rivals and also the fact that "everyone loves the true bounce of the wickets here".

India and the Meg Lanning-led Australia will head into a multi-format series, beginning on September 21 with the first of the three One-day Internationals, which will be followed by a one-off D/N Test and then the three T20Is.

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