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Women’s Day-night Test: India women head into landmark pink ball match in Australia

Women’s Day-night Test: Indian women’s cricket team will make its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off game at Carrara Oval, Queensland beginning on Thursday. Women’s Day-night Test: India head into landmark pink ball match in Australia (Courtesy by BCCI)HIGHLIGHTSMithali Raj-led India make pink ball debut against AustraliaAustralia played their lone day-night Test in November 2017India and Australia played a Test in 2006 with only Mithali and Goswami featuringIndian women’s cricket team will be up for a daunting challenge when it makes its day-night Test debut against Australia in the one-off game at Carrara Oval, Queensland beginning on Thursday. The squad has very little idea about how the shiny pink ball will behave during the course of the game at the Metricon Stadium.

Australia, who played their lone day-night Test in November 2017, also go into the game with limited practice but their potent pace attack will be looking forward to wreaking havoc at the greenish pitch here.India did well in their first Test outing in seven years, drawing against England in June, but the players and experts believe the skiddy pink-ball will pose a much tougher challenge for the visitors.India and Australia last played a Test in 2006 with only Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami featuring in that game among the current players on both sides.”I would call it a trial by fire for the Indians. The players have hardly played with red ball in the last three four years. Day-night Test is a completely different ball game and a much tougher challenge,” said former India captain and BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy.”Though Australia have more Test experience than India of late, their players also haven’t played a lot in the whites. Some of their key players are missing and India showed (in ODIs) that Australia are beatable,” she added.Shantha, who led India to their maiden Test win in 1976, also lauded the BCCI for resuming Test cricket for women and hoped two-day red-ball cricket will be brought back to domestic cricket.Click here for our site’s complete coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

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