Evenly matched: Smriti Mandhana talks about tackling pressure, Asian Games

Change is in the air, and Mandhana is among the players driving it

Smriti Mandhana is agitated about her new laptop. She’s trying to turn the zoom screen into a tile and failing repeatedly. Her media liaison officer and a colleague get involved. “It’s really easy on the iPad, but somehow I can’t do it here,” she says. “Do you think it’s because I’m using the website and not the app?” Nobody knows. And eventually, after several attempts, everyone gives up. She makes her peace with it quickly and gets on with it — something she has been trained to do from childhood.
 

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