Team India suffered a big blow in England. (Photo- PTI)
IND W vs ENG W, Lord's Test: The historic Lord's Ground in London, known as the Mecca of Cricket, has witnessed many memorable and historic moments of men's cricket in the last 142 years. But this July is going to be recorded in golden letters in the history of women's cricket. For the first time, a women's test match will be played on this ground of Lord's, where the women's teams of India and England will face each other. This historic match between the two teams is to be played from 10 to 13 July. Before this match, the Indian team has suffered a big setback.
Pratika Raval out of test match
During the press conference before the match, Indian women's team head coach Amol Majumdar shared a big update. The team's star player Pratika Raval is completely out of this historic test match. Losing the dream of playing at Lord's is a big blow for both Pratika and the Indian team. The selectors took immediate action and included experienced batsman Priya Punia in the team as her replacement, who was part of the India A team on the recent England tour.
India has the upper hand in test cricket
The history of Test cricket between the women's teams of India and England has been quite interesting. A total of 14 test matches have been played between the two countries so far, in which the record of the Indian team is quite excellent. During this period, India has won 3 matches and lost only 1 match. At the same time, 10 matches have ended in a draw. At the same time, the last Test match between the two teams was played in the year 2023. In that match, the Indian women's team had defeated England by 347 runs. However, if we talk about the soil of England, India had recorded its last Test win there in the year 2014.
Squads of both teams
Indian team: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Priya Poonia, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Nandini Sharma, Harleen Deol, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Sayli Satghare and Sneh Rana.
England team: Nat Siver-Brunt (captain), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Maya Boucher, Alice Capsey, Tilly Courteen-Coleman, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Grace Potts, Ellie Threlkeld, Mady Villiers, Issie Wong.
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