When the talks of poor succession planning are doing the
rounds in the corporate world, courtesy the Tata’s, the women’s cricket in
India has quietly made the news by announcing the young and talented
all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur as the T20 captain replacing the veteran Mithali Raj,
who will still be a part of the T20 squad.
Kaur has been acting as a deputy to Raj for quite sometime
now and there cannot be a perfect time than this to hand over the T20 reins to
this refreshing talent. With the West Indies tour of India and Asia Cup to be
played in Thailand, November is a busy month for the women in blue.
A dismal performance in the T20 World Cup that was played in
India earlier this year, should not let them down, instead, this can be
labelled as a stepping stone. It is time for the young guns like Smriti
Mandhana, Veda Krishnamurthy and Poonam Yadav to step up and fill the big shoes
of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami, who have been few of the greatest servers of
Indian women’s cricket.
Like what happened in 2007 with the men’s team at the inaugural
T20 under the guidance of the then 26 year old MS Dhoni, let’s hope that
Harmanpreet Kaur is also able to infuse some energy in her team and aim for the
coveted T20 World Cup in 2018.
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