Smriti Mandhana Opens Up About Getting Her Period Mid-Test. Could She Leave the Field?

There are a handful of things an international cricketer cannot control when she walks out onto a Test match pitch: the weather, the pitch conditions, the umpire’s line of sight, and her menstrual cycle. India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana recently decided to talk about the last one — and in doing so, she opened a door that needed opening. In a candid Instagram video, Mandhana recounted what it was like to get her period in the middle of a Test match. The video was personal and unscripted, the kind that rarely surfaces from professional athletes navigating the optics of public life. She de...