The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday introduced Indian women’s all-format series schedule against South Africa. The series is ready to soak up two Indian cities – Bengaluru and Chennai – in June and July.
“The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the schedule for the upcoming South Africa Women’s IDFC First Bank all-format tour of India. India will host South Africa for three ODIs, one Test and three T20Is,” BCCI wrote in a press release on Tuesday.
The series will first have a One-Day Warmup sport on June 13 in Bengaluru, adopted by three ODIs on the identical venue on sixteenth, nineteenth and nineteenth June, respectively. The motion will then shift to Chennai for a one-off Test and three T20Is.
The four-day Test will happen from June 28 to July 1. The three T20Is will happen on July 5, 7 and 9. To take continuity of codecs into consideration, the T20I series is being held within the final. The one-off Test was initially not a part of the ICC future Tour program however was added because the Indian Board and the Proteas Board appeared to advertise women’s Tests.
This would be the Women in Blue’s third Test match in seven months as they hosted England and Australia in December 2023. The Indian Board additionally reintroduced a red-ball match not too long ago. The match might be of inter-zone degree with 5 matches in it.
The Indian ladies not too long ago confronted Bangladesh in a five-match T20I series and white-washed their opponents with a 5-0 win. Captain Harmanpreet was impressed with the crew’s efficiency within the series. “The calmness all the players showed in the series is something I would like to take to the World Cup,” she mentioned after India’s 5-0 win. “There was some calmness while batting, while bowling and even in the fielding even though we made some mistakes [today], we know how we can improve, and in the next one month, we will work hard on that,” she added.
Kaur additionally credited WPL for giving the gamers confidence. “The WPL gave our players a lot of confidence. Because the way a lot of us played in the WPL, we have improved our game during that time, and those results are giving results here. We just need to keep doing the right things, and results will come,” she added additional.
There is a T20 World Cup additionally scheduled to happen in October-November later this yr in Bangladesh. The ladies may have their eyes set on that match too.
