Jubilation in Indian camp as Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh, Shubha Satheesh receive maiden Test caps | WATCH

India’s one-off Test in opposition to England on the DY Patil Stadium marks the return of red-ball cricket on Indian soil after an extended hole of 9 years and ushers a brand new period in Indian ladies’s cricket. The Indian staff administration has given Test caps to Jemimah Rodrigues, Shubha Satheesh and Renuka Singh Thakur for the Test in opposition to England and the trio could not handle to cover the ecstasy on their faces.

Head coach Amol Muzumdar handed the debut cap to the Karnataka-born southpaw Satheesh, whereas Renuka and Jemimah acquired their maiden Test caps from captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana respectively. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India posted a video of the whole staff administration congratulating the three gamers on the momentous event. “The grins say it all! Reactions right after Shubha Satheesh, Renuka Singh Thakur & @JemiRodrigues received their #TeamIndia caps respectively from Head Coach Amol Muzumdar, Captain @ImHarmanpreet & vice-captain @mandhana_smriti,” posted BCCI on X.

While each Jemimah and Renuka have loads of expertise in relation to taking part in for the Women in Blue in the white-ball codecs, Satheesh is new to the circuit and is taking part in in her first-ever recreation for the nation. Notably, Harmanpreet has gained the toss and elected to bat first on the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai in Mumbai.

India’s taking part in XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Shubha Satheesh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Bench:

Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Saika Ishaque, Titas Sadhu, Meghna Singh

Support Staff:

Subhadeep Ghosh, Rajib Dutta, Amol Muzumdar, Hrishikesh Kanitkar

England’s taking part in XI:

Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlotte Dean, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell

Bench:

Maia Bouchier, Bess Heath, Alice Capsey, Kirstie Gordon

Support Staff:

Jon Lewis

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