Indian Women’s Captain Hits Back At A Reporter For Pointless Question
Jun 23, 2017 at 4:31 PM
“There’s a lot of difference because we are not regular on television. Now the BCCI has made an effort that the last two home series have been televised and social media has improved a lot of it but there is a still a lot of catch-ups to do in terms of recognition,” said Mithali Raj.
The skipper though stressed on the fact that the follow men’s cricket, as it is a bar setter for them, from where they learn a lot,
“Men’s cricket sets the bar. We are always trying to reach where they set the standard. All of us follow men’s cricket because we want at some point that women’s cricket would be up there. All of us at some point have been coached by a male cricketer. I strongly believe that they get a lot of intensity into the training sessions. They are very hard taskmasters.”
Meanwhile, the eleventh edition of Women World Cup is all set to kick off on 24 June with the final slated to be played on July 23. Indian women’s team is one of the strongest contenders to win the cup. India will take on none other than host’s England in their first game of the tourney on June 24 at Country Ground in Derby. They will also face arch rival Pakistan in the tournament on July 2 at the same venue.
India Squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Ekta Bisht, Sushma Verma, Mansi Joshi, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Nuzhat Parveen, Smriti Mandhana.