After wedding cancelled, Smriti Mandhana's brother shares update on her next move

India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has returned to cricket grooming pursuing the announcement of her wedding cancellation with composer Palash Muchhal. She was seen practising astatine what appeared to beryllium a backstage facility.Her member Shravan Mandhana shared a photograph connected Instagram showing Smriti successful afloat cricket gear, facing throwdowns. The image, accompanied by bosom emojis, rapidly gained attraction connected societal media.

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Smriti, who played a important relation successful India's Women's World Cup 2025 victory, is scheduled to instrumentality to competitory cricket successful a five-match T20I bid against Sri Lanka. The bid volition beryllium played from December 21 to 30 successful Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram.The matches volition service arsenic mentation for adjacent year's T20 World Cup. Smriti volition besides skipper Royal Challengers Bengaluru successful the Women's Premier League, opening January 9 successful Navi Mumbai.Addressing the wedding cancellation connected Instagram, Mandhana wrote: "I request to clarify that the wedding is called off." She requested privateness for some families and emphasised her continued committedness to cricket, stating that representing India remains her highest priority.

Palash Muchhal besides made a nationalist statement, penning that helium had decided to "move on" from the relationship, describing the play arsenic 1 of the astir hard phases of his life. Muchhal appealed against the "baseless rumours" circulating astir their narration and warned of ineligible enactment against the spreaders of mendacious oregon defamatory content.The wedding was initially planned for November 23 successful Sangli, Maharashtra, but was postponed owed to wellness emergencies.

Mandhana's begetter was hospitalised with cardiac issues connected the wedding morning, and reports indicated Muchhal was besides hospitalised.The postponement initially sparked hopes of rescheduling, but nary caller day was announced. Both parties began removing their pre-wedding contented from societal media platforms.Meanwhile, Smriti has received beardown enactment from her India teammates during this period. Middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues adjacent withdrew from the Women's Big Bash League to enactment with Smriti and supply support.