India ladies ought to play home pink-ball event earlier than Perth day-night Test: Shantha Rangaswamy

Former India captain Shantha Rangaswamy stated it is essential that the ladies’s group stars get sufficient pink-ball follow earlier than they play their first-ever day-night Test, towards Australia in Perth from September 30. Mithali Raj will lead India ladies of their Test match towards England in June (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIndia ladies will play their first-ever pink-ball Test in Perth from September 30India will play their first Test in 7 years in England in JuneShantha Rangaswamy urged the BCCI to host a home pink-ball eventFormer India captain and BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy on Thursday urged the cricket board to organise pink-ball home event earlier than India ladies head to Australia to play the historic day-night Test in Perth, beginning September 30.Shantha Rangaswamy welcomed the resumption of Test cricket for ladies, saying the longest format is the head of the sport. India are scheduled to play a Test, for the primary time in 7 years, in England in June. Considering red-ball occasions haven’t been held in home cricket since 2018, it will likely be a tricky problem for the Mithali Raj-led squad.”BCCI has been planning on certain tournaments for women cricketers in the last year. But time and again plans have gone haywire because of the pandemic. It is heartening to note that the board has planned a Test during the Indian women’s tour of England,” Shantha Rangaswamy instructed PTI.”I firmly believe the ultimate barometer is the longest format. To add to this, a day-night Test against Australia has also been announced which should be highly appreciated. However, as Indian women don’t play red ball cricket even in the domestic circuit, it is advisable for the BCCI to conduct a pink-ball tournament in India before the players embark on the journey to Australia,” she added.The day-night Test needs to be a harder problem contemplating the pink ball does extra. Some of India’s male Test cricketers had performed within the Duleep Trophy earlier than taking part in their first day-night recreation towards Bangladesh at dwelling in 2019.Meanwhile, Shantha Rangaswamy additionally urged the board to ship the ladies’s group to Sri Lanka together with the boys’s white-ball group which is able to play a limited-overs sequence within the island nation in July.”It is also nice to know the Indian men will be playing in Sri Lanka (in July). It will be good if a women’s team is also sent to Sri Lanka,” Rangaswamy stated.”This will be a good way of increasing the standard of the bench strength. I am making all these suggestions as a former cricketer,” she added.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.