While surfing the net yesterday, I
came across something which will bring a smile across faces of millions of
women’s cricket fans. A few of our Indian women cricketers were rubbing
shoulders with their male counterparts in the BCCI advertisement showcasing the
new jerseys that the Indian players, both men and women will flaunt in the
upcoming T20 World Cup. As the men’s team holds high chances of winning the
World Cup, the women’s team has also created hopes post their emphatic wins
against Australia in Australia and Sri Lanka at home.
The Women in Blue thrashed the
mighty Aussies 2-1 in the three-match T20 series in January in their own
backyard to surprise one and all. It was their maiden T20 series win against
the three-time World Champions. Then we had Sri Lanka coming in February. India
eves were too good to beat and remained invincible as they white washed their
neighbours 3-0 in the three-match T20 series. Having won the T20 series against
Australia and Sri Lanka, ahead of the T20 World Cup, is a big boost for India.
On paper, India has a good mix of
players. They have tons of experience in Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, and a
whole bunch of young girls raring to play the Big Tournament. With the hunger
to clinch the first ever T20 World Cup, the India eves are all charged up to
take on any opposition. As the men’s team was gifted with the IPL after their
win in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, let’s hope that we have the Women’s
IPL coming up next year.
India Women's squad: Mithali Raj (C), Thirush Kamini, Veda
Krishnamurthy, Niranjana Nagarajan, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shikha
Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Vellaswamy Vanitha, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Anuja Patil,
Ekta Bisht, Deepti Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Sushma Verma (WK)
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| India play their first match against Bangladesh on 15th March at Bengaluru.
Source: www.twenty20wiki.com
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