UK-bound Indian women's team gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Cricket | May 28, 2021 12:08 ISTThe Indian women's team will depart for UK along with the men's squad, led by skipper Virat Kohli, in a chartered flight on June 2.
The Indian women's team will depart for UK along with the men's squad, led by skipper Virat Kohli, in a chartered flight on June 2.
Taking to Twitter, the official handle of BCCI Women posted a video of the players working out in the gym and the caption read: "Shut the Noise! We are INDIA."
Das, who has played 23 Tests between 2000-02, has a decent average of near 35 with more than 1300 runs, including two hundreds and nine half-centuries.
The women's side is set to play a one-off Test match before playing three ODIs and as many T20Is against England.
In the mail that has also been marked to National Cricket Academy head Rahul Dravid, Raman has also offered to present a roadmap for women's cricket in the country, if asked.
Raman, who successfully coached the women's team to T20 World Cup final in Australia, was removed by Lal and Naik's CAC, which reinstated Ramesh Powar to the post.
Shafali hit seven fours and five sixes during her blistering knock while Mandhana had nine boundaries in her unbeaten innings.
South Africa won the final match by five wickets to finish the series on a high.
Apart from Rajeshwari Gayakwad, who snared five wickets in four matches, the other spinners have failed to leave an impact.
The Indian women have barely fired in unison while the South Africans, who have already clinched the series 3-1, have excelled as a team.
Jhulan claimed 4 for 42 to set up India's nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second ODI, helping the side level the five-match series.
India Women made their debut in the format in 1976, and have played 37 matches to date, winning only five while 25 ended in a draw, implying seven defeats.
Playing their first international match in 12 months, skipper Mithali Raj (50) and Harmanpreet Kaur (40) produced fine knocks but India never got the momentum it needed as they settled for 177 for nine.
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India will play five ODIs, starting with the first match on Sunday, followed by three T20Is in the home series against South Africa to kick off their calendar which was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
All the games will be played at state of the art Ekana Stadium with crowd capacity capped at 10 per cent.
Ekta Bisht, Veda Krishnamurthy, Taniya Bhatia and Shikha Pandey were dropped to make room for maiden call-ups Pratyusha Challaru, Monika Patel, Simran Dil Bahadur, Yastika Bhatia, Ayushi Soni and Swetha Verma.
The series, comprising five ODIs and three T20Is, will mark the Indian team's return to competitive cricket after almost 12 months.
The Indian team has not played since the T20 World Cup in March and there is no clarity over its next fixture with the Australia tour, scheduled to be held later this month, postponed to 2022.
The matches were due to take place on January 22 in Canberra, January 25 in Melbourne and January 28 in Hobart.
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