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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 14, 2023, 09:25:46 IST
India Women vs England Women Test Live Score: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and opted to bat first at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. England captain Heather Knight emphasized that the Test presents a 'huge unknown' for both teams. Knight highlighted the importance of approaching the game with the right mindset, acknowledging the significant challenge posed by the Indian women's team, which has not lost a Test at home since 1995 and away since 2006. Despite the non-familiarity factor, especially given India's two-year hiatus from red-ball cricket, Knight refrained from placing excessive emphasis on this aspect. "I think it is a huge unknown for both the teams. Obviously, playing multi-format for the Indian girls as well, they have not really done it here for a long time. So yes, it's hugely exciting any time we get to don the whites," Knight told the media ahead of England's training session on Wednesday. Despite England approaching their 100th Test milestone, the captain was unaware of this record.
We are all set for action. It's rather a very different kind of feeling to watch the team's line of their national anthems in whites which you don't see often. It will be of the tourists first followed by of the hosts.
England Women (PLAYING XI) - Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Heather Knight (C), Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Danni Wyatt, Amy Jones (WK), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell.
India Women (PLAYING XI) - Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Sneh Rana, Satheesh Shubha, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
TOSS - India Women have won the toss and will BAT first!
Milestone day for England women's cricket
Incredibly, 11 of the 14 Tests played between the two teams so far have ended as drawn affairs
I think it is a huge unknown for both the teams. Obviously, playing multi-format for the Indian girls as well, they have not really done it here for a long time. So yes, it's hugely exciting any time we get to don the whites
England captain Heather Knight
There's a huge gap in the Test experience of the two teams, with England playing their 100th Test and India only 39th
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