Got sunshine in pocket, soul in toes: Shikha Pandey thrilled as BCCI publicizes pink-ball Test for India Women

In a serious growth, Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah on Thursday introduced that the ladies’s crew can be taking part in their first-ever Day-Night Test later this yr in opposition to Australia. It can be for the primary time since 2014 that Indian’s ladies cricket crew will play 2 Test matches in a single yr. Notably, the ladies’s crew will face England within the longest format of the sport from June 16 in Bristol.Senior India pacers Shikha Pandey and Jhulan Goswami have reacted to the information and expressed their happiness on Friday. While, Jhulan reckoned that the transfer will promote ladies’s cricket in India and globally, Shikha Pandey apologised for becoming a member of the occasion late and compensated for it by quoting lyrics from a Justin Timberlake tune.She wrote: “I got that sunshine in my pocket, Got that good soul in my feet!!’ I know I’m a little late to the party, but massive for @BCCIWomen to have another test match added to this year’s itinerary. Kudos to everyone who has made this possible. #TestCricketIsTheBest.”‘I got that sunshine in my pocket,Got that good soul in my feet!!’I do know I’m somewhat late to the occasion, however large for @BCCIWomen to have one other check match added to this yr’s itinerary. Kudos to everybody who has made this attainable. #TestCricketIsTheGreatest— Shikha Pandey (@shikhashauny) May 21, 2021
Meanwhile, Australia Women all-rounder Ellyse Perry feels it is going to be an evenly fought contest between the 2 groups on the historic WACA. Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday introduced that the WACA will host the second Day-Night Test match in ladies’s cricket historical past. The first pink-ball Test in ladies’s cricket was performed between Australia and England in 2017.India Women and Australia will face one another in a Test match for the primary time after 2006. Perry admitted that situations can be in favour of the Australian aspect however nonetheless doesn’t need to take the Indian crew flippantly. Australia are scheduled to tackle India in a multi-format collection to kick off the 2021-22 worldwide summer time of cricket.“Playing a Test match there before it’s an absolutely wonderful venue for a women’s Test,” cricket.com.au quoted Perry as saying. “The pitch provides that little bit of extra pace and bounce, the ball carries though really well, there’s a little bit of sideways movement,” she additional mentioned.“That’s certainly in (our) favour our conditions and the Australian style of cricket but having said that, looking at the Indian team, some of the skills of their players, particularly their batters, it’s going to be a really well-contested Test match and a great opportunity for both sides,” Perry added.The collection will even be the primary time the 2 sides meet because the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup remaining on the (Melbourne Cricket Ground) MCG in March 2020