5 women cricketers who play like their male counterparts

#3 Smriti Mandhana and Sourav Ganguly

Mandhana is very strong on the off-side, like Ganguly

According to her childhood coach, Smriti Mandhana used to copy Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara as a youngster. But if there is one male player that she reminds me of, then, he is none other than former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly.

Being right-handers who are left-handed batters, both are very strong on the off-side. Like Ganguly, Mandhana will elegantly cut anything short and with a hint of width through the gap between point and backward point, and, will poke at that one which is swinging away and guide it to third man to steal a single.

If the ball is short and directed straight, both will go for that unconvincing pull that might or might not be rewarding. Also, while we are still talking about similarities between Mandhana and Ganguly, it should be noted that both require glasses off the pitch.