AUS Women vs IND Women: Mithali Raj Feels India Will Be Confident In Their Pink-Ball Test vs Australia | Cricket News
India skipper Mithali Raj feels the experience of playing in a one-off Test against England will give the side the confidence needed before locking horns against Australia in a pink ball Test later this year. A sensational knock from Sneh Rana saved the one-off Test for India as England were unable to tear the lower order on the fourth and final day in Bristol on Saturday as the visitors walked away with a draw. India are slated to lock horns against Australia in women’s day-night Test match. The historic Test match will be the first between the Australian and Indian women’s teams in 15 years, and India’s first-ever women’s day-night Test.
“The biggest learning is that there are other players who can stand up and deliver for the team when it is required. After the first-innings collapse and the lower middle-order like Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia have played a very crucial role,” said Mithali Raj in a virtual press conference.
“Even Deepti Sharma in both innings for India she stood out along with Shafali. These girls have shown even with a lack of practice with the red ball and the longer format, they stood up and performed and that’s the confidence we will carry in the pink-ball Test against Australia.
“The mental space these young girls are in after today’s performance will have a very positive impact moving into a longer format for the coming pink-ball Test,” she added.
At one stage, Indian women’s team found themselves at 199/7, but the lower-order scripted a memorable fightback and Rana led the charge and with her gritty knock, the Indian side walked away with a draw against England on Saturday.
