With Indian Women's Cricket Team Set To Play Only Two Tests In 2023-24, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur Wants More Matches

08.08.2023 - 18:25 sports.ndtv.com

Fresh from a tour of Bangladesh, Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has opined that the side should get to play more Test matches as well as domestic red-ball fixtures.

In the current Future Tours Programme (FTP) cycle that goes on from 2022-25, Indian women's team will play the fewest Test matches among the four sides competing in the longest format. "This year we have two Tests - one against England and one against Australia - and I hope those games can make a huge impact on women's cricket and hopefully in the future we will keep getting more Test matches. "We have to bring back Test matches in women's cricket because it's very important for women's cricket," Kaur said on 'Sky Sports Cricket Podcast'.

India are scheduled to play only a couple of Test matches -- both at home in the 2023-24 season against England and Australia.

Their last Test was in 2021 in Australia. England will play the most Tests -- five -- and Australia and South Africa four and three each. "As a player, I definitely want more Tests because as a growing kid, we saw more Tests on TV than T20s.

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