Smriti Mandhana's childhood coach Anant Tamvekar will not scold his student for copying former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara's batting style now. During his coaching days with Smriti, 22, the batswoman was fond of Sangakkara's batting and the coach used to scold her.

"As a coach, you like to see your student playing his/her natural game rather than copying someone else... but now, Smriti has been named ICC Women's Cricketer of the year, she has become a perfectionist and can copy Sangakkara's style," Tamvekar said over the phone from Sangli.