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Women's cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian squad is currently training in Bengaluru and is scheduled to leave for Birmingham on Sunday. The BCCI is in touch with the Indian Olympic Association on the issue. "Few of the visas came in today but there are still six left for processing including three players and three from support staff," an IOA source told PTI.
Six members of the Indian women's cricket contingent are yet to get visa, less than 48 hours before their departure for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Women's cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian squad is currently training in Bengaluru and is scheduled to leave for Birmingham on Sunday. The BCCI is in touch with the Indian Olympic Association on the issue.
With England's all-rounder Ben Stokes retiring from ODIs, a debate has started over the cricket calendar and how much cricket the players are being asked to play. Speaking before his final ODI earlier this week, Stokes had said that players are not cars where they can be filled with petrol or diesel. Now, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja has said that there are many nations who are running cricket like football and they will soon realise what they have done.
The organisers of Legends League Cricket on Friday confirmed that former South Africa greats Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn will be part of the upcoming second edition of the tournament. Kallis, perhaps the greatest all-rounder of all time and certainly the best in recent times, in all forms of the game makes for a jaw-dropping experience.
Days before women's cricket makes its debut at the multi-sport event, Mandhana refused to call the five-time T20 world champions a big team. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will open its campaign against Australia on July 29, and Mandhana said they have their plans in place for each opposition. "We have played them (Australia) in the openers in quite a lot of tournaments. "In a T20 tournament, any team can beat any team. I wouldn't term Australia as a big team and make them feel good about that. Definitely in our heads, Australia, Pakistan and Barbados matches are important. We will go as they come and will look to win all of them," Mandhana said.
Nemesis Australia await India in their Commonwealth Games opener but senior batter Smriti Mandhana is in no mood to lose sleep over that and make their rivals "feel good about it". Days before women's cricket makes its debut at the multi-sport event, Mandhana refused to call the five-time T20 world champions a big team. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led side will open its campaign against Australia on July 29, and Mandhana said they have their plans in place for each opposition.
Cricket at the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 will kick off with India's women's team taking on Australia on Friday, July 29. For cricket, in particular, eight teams have been put together in two groups comprising four teams each, and India are placed in Group B alongside Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. The two medal matches are then finally scheduled for August 7.
Commonwealth Games after 24 long years. With all top cricketing nations part of the Commonwealth, cricket's inclusion in the Birmingham Games appears natural but it still took more than two decades for the sport to make a comeback. The only other time cricket featured in the Commonwealth Games was in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 when the men's competition was staged.