The Indian women’s team will be facing England in a one-off Test in Bristol. The Mithali Raj-led side will feature in a Test after seven years. They last played a Test against South Africa at home in Mysore which they won by an innings and 34 runs.
India last played a Test against the English team back in 2014 in Wormsley where they emerged victorious by 6 wickets.
Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey and Ekta Bisht are some of the players who were a part of that squad that played the last Test for India against England back in 2014.
Match Details
Match: IND-W vs ENG-W Test match
Date and Time: 16th June 2021 to 19th June 2021 3.30 PM IST
Telecast: Sony Sports Network
Pitch Report
Here is the juicy bit and the matter of the most recent controversy in regards to women's cricket. There has been an uproar of discrimination against the women players in the recent few weeks and it the ECB's actions have not helped that. It was reported in the British media on Tuesday, 15 June that the Test match, the first being hosted in England in the last two years would be played on a used pitch. The track apparently was used last week for a men's T20 Blast game and requests from the women's team to change the pitch fell on deaf ECB ears. Considering that, the pitch might deteriorate quicker in the conditions to chasing in the fourth innings might be a tough ask in the 4-day Test match in Bristol.
Probable XI
India: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut, Mithali Raj(c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Tanya Bhatia(wk), Jhulan Goswami, Punam Yadav, Ekta Bisht.
England: Amy Jones(wk), Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight(c), Georgia Elwiss, Natalie Sciver, Fran Wilson, Katherine Brunt, Anya Shurbsole, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Natasha Farrant.
Fantasy XI
Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Mithali Raj (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Fran Wilson, Natalie Sciver, Jhulan Goswami, Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shurbsole, Poonam Yadav