Women defy odds to stay in hunt
India will be in line for a T20 title, after all. M.S. Dhoni and his boys may have crashed out after losing both to the West Indies and England in the Super 8s,but it has been a happier tale for the women.
Jhulan Goswami’s side booked a slot in the last four of the first Women’s World T20 on Monday with a tense five-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Taunton. In the process they overcame a wobbly batting line-up and the side’s relative inexperience in the T20 format. Before the tournament, India had played only two T20 matches over more than two years, winning one and losing the other.They started with a loss to England but beat Pakistan and Sri lanka since.
Their preparation for the World T20 was also hit by the BCCI’s decision to scrap this year’s domestic T20 tournament for the women,
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Jhulan Goswami’s side booked a slot in the last four of the first Women’s World T20 on Monday with a tense five-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Taunton. In the process they overcame a wobbly batting line-up and the side’s relative inexperience in the T20 format. Before the tournament, India had played only two T20 matches over more than two years, winning one and losing the other.They started with a loss to England but beat Pakistan and Sri lanka since.
Their preparation for the World T20 was also hit by the BCCI’s decision to scrap this year’s domestic T20 tournament for the women,
To read the full article, click here..
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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