Smriti Mandhana, the star of the Indian women's cricket team, gave a sneak peek into her very important conversation with Virat Kohli over game expectations and mindset ahead of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024, starting on October 3 in the UAE. As the World Cup draws near, the spotlight will definitely be on Mandhana as she prepares herself with an exciting and powerful kind of batting. Smriti Mandhana has been a big asset to the Indian women's team, owing to her brilliant stroke play and consistency. She mentioned that Virat Kohli as her favorite cricketer. In a recently shared video by Star Sports on X, she candidly spoke about her admiration for Kohli. Smriti Mandhana stated, “Virat Kohli is my favorite. I did ask him a lot of things about batting. I really wanted to know what his mindset is, and I have a problem with my grip keeping on changing a bit, like after every tour, so I asked him about it. And about the mindset as well. We all ask that.” Also Read | Duleep Trophy 2024 Second-Round Squads: Who’s In and Who’s Out? What was Virat Kohli's advice that transformed her mental game? Mandhana also spoke about how she learned that a strong mental approach helped Virat Kohli handle expectations over the years. Smriti Mandhana says that she has a similar mindset and Kohli's advice has been really helpful in improving her mental game. Mandhana stated, “How do you carry all these expectations because he has so many expectations, and he just said that I don't look at him as having expectations. I just do what my team wants, so that was something we have somewhere in me, but it never comes out. It never comes out in our performances. But after hearing it from him, I thought I was in a better mindset.” In the women's T20 world cup 2024, Harmanpreet-led Indian women's cricket team will face their first match against New Zealand on October 4 in Dubai. Team India is placed in Group A along with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Women's T20 World Cup 2024: India Squad Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Sajana Sajeevan. Also Read | Top 5 Most Beautiful Female Cricketers in The World