BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has downplayed the concerns surrounding the state of Women’s cricket in India and has said that there are a lot of series in the pipeline for women in the near future.
In an interview with Sportstar, he was asked if the BCCI has left Women’s cricket behind in the list of priorities, Ganguly lamented the Covdi-19 pandemic as the reason behind Indian women not getting a lot of games in the past year and a half.
"What to do? We have been living with this deadly virus. Other than the men’s cricket, we had the women’s IPL. South Africa women played here,” Ganguly said to Sportstar.
Also, he pointed out that the BCCI has scheduled a Test match between India Women and England Women to be played in England later this year along with a six-match long ODI and T20I series. He also made mention of the West Indies Women tour of India while rebuffing the accusations against him for ignoring the Women’s game in the country.
“Our women are going to play Test cricket after eight years. They play a Test in Bristol and six ODIs and T20Is. Would you still accuse me of not supporting women’s cricket? West Indies will come and play in India,” he added.
Notably, Indian Women played a home series against the South Africa Women team earlier in March this year but that ended a one-year-long hiatus for them after the Covid-19 pandemic had hit the sporting world.