India Women will play first-ever day-night Test against Australia: Jay Shah
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Thursday announced that the women’s team will be playing their first-ever day-night Test later this year. India Women will be playing the pink-ball Test against Australia later this year.
“Taking forward our commitment towards women’s cricket, I am extremely pleased to announce that Team India @BCCIwomen will play in their first-ever pink ball day-night Test later this year in Australia,” tweeted Shah.
India and England Women will also be playing a Test match in June this year. This would be the first Test for the women’s team in the last seven years.
India-Australia Women to play day-night Test
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20 May 2021, 14:55 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India s (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Thursday announced that the women s team will be playing their first-ever day-night Test later this year. India Women will be playing the pink-ball Test against Australia later this year. Taking forward our commitment towards women s cricket, I am extremely pleased to announce that Team India @BCCIwomen will play in their first-ever pink ball day-night Test later this year in Australia, tweeted Shah.
India and England Women will also be playing a Test match in June this year. This would be the first Test for the women s team in the last seven years.
Shafali set to play for Birmingham franchise in The Hundred, may feature in Big Bash also
New Delhi, May 10: India’s teen batting sensation Shafali Verma is set to play for Birmingham Phoenix in the inaugural edition of The Hundred and might also turn up for a Sydney franchise in the Women’s Big bash League later in the year.
The 17-year-old, who is the world number one in ICC women’s T20I rankings, thus will join her skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, vive captain Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma in the 100-ball tournament involving eight men’s and women’s teams.
Four Indian women cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Deepti Sharma have been granted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) by the Indian cricket board to participate in the inaugural Hundred, an eight-team .