Team India women's batter Smriti Mandhana received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The southpaw took the jab on Tuesday (11 May) and posted a photo of herself taking the jab on social media and urged her fans to get themselves vaccinated.
“1st dose, Please stay safe and get yourself #vaccinated,” Mandhana wrote as the caption to her Instagram post.
Due to a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases across the country, the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) was suspended indefinitely by the BCCI and IPL governing council and unfortunately, the Women’s T20 Challenge was postponed as well.
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Mandhana will be seen in action along with Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, and Jemimah Rodrigues in the inaugural edition of The Hundred tournament.
The left-hand opening batter will be playing for Southern Brave whereas the skipper Kaur will be representing Manchester Originals.
As far as the India women’s team is concerned, all the players are told to report by May 27 and will be traveling to the UK not only for The Hundred but also for a one-off Test along with a three-match ODIs and as many T20Is, scheduled to begin from 16 June.
