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India woman’s cricket team tour to Australia postponed to next season due to Coronavirus concerns

Sudev Haldar
4 years ago

The Indian men’s cricket team is enjoying a competitive series in Australia with crowd attendances, the India women’s cricket team continues to suffer.

Their scheduled tour of Australia in January which included three ODIs has been postponed to next year due to the coronavirus concerns.

This has prolonged the wait for the Indian women’s cricket team to get back into competitive cricket.

In March 2020, the India women’s cricket team entered the final of the ICC World T20 against Australia in Melbourne. But they were blown away by the superiority of the Australian team as they lost the match by a big margin.

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Apart from England, West Indies, New Zealand and Australia, none of the Asian sides managed to play any games from March till November due to the coronavirus pandemic.

India’s tour to England which also involved South Africa was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Indian women’s cricket team, along with several Sri Lankan players and cricketers from nations like Thailand and Bangladesh. They were all part of the Women’s T20 challenge that was played in Sharjah during the IPL 2020 playoffs.

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“We are very hopeful of delivering an expanded schedule between the Australian and Indian women’s teams for next season, which would be an outstanding result for fans in both countries. It will be wonderful to once again host the Indian women’s team. Who was centre stage for that unforgettable ICC T20 World Cup final at the MCG in March. And to do so with an expanded schedule from what was originally planned,” Hockley said.

Source: DNA