Smriti Mandhana on her comparison with Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli is respected not only by fans but also by many cricket players. We have seen examples of this many times and many times young players have also described him as their idol. Kohli has scored 80 international centuries and 26942 runs in his 16-year career so far. In modern times, any batsman who performs well is compared to Virat Kohli. Indian women's team opener Smriti Mandhana is also an amazing player and is often compared to Kohli due to her consistency in batting. Coincidentally, both of them also have the same jersey number 18.

Smriti Mandhana started her international career in 2013 and since then she has been performing as a leading batsman. It is believed that she may soon get the captaincy as well. She has more than three thousand runs to her name in both ODI and T20 formats.

I don't like such comparisons – Smriti Mandhana

Many cricketers enjoy being compared to Virat Kohli but this is not the case with Mandhana. She does not want fans to compare her with Virat. During an interview, she praised Kohli and said about the comparison with him, “Virat Kohli is a great player. What he has achieved for Indian cricket is amazing. Don't compare me to him just because I wear jersey number 18, I don't like such comparisons.”

Virat Kohli's bat did not work in Sri Lanka ODI series

Virat Kohli's return to ODIs was lackluster and he did not score a single big innings in the three-match series against Sri Lanka. Kohli struggled against Sri Lankan spinners and was out LBW in all three matches. Kohli scored 58 runs in three innings. During this, his average was 19.33, which is the worst in the series played by him against Sri Lanka so far.

However, now Virat Kohli will not be seen in action for some time as Team India has to start the home season directly in September.