Mithali Raj led Indian women’s cricket team has just played their first-ever Pink-ball Test match against the Australian women’s team which ended in a draw on Sunday (3 October). The result was expected as rain played spoilsport on days one and two. On the last day of the Test match, Australia were trailing the visitors by 234 runs.
Although India showed their dominance, getting a result wasn’t possible apart from a draw. India batted in the second innings and further added 135 runs before the captain Mithali Raj declared and set 272 runs target in a quarter of the session as well which wasn’t possible to chase as well. Nonetheless, India had a memorable match in the historic pink-ball Test as well.
“It was a little tricky as to when we could declare. Getting eight wickets in 15 overs was a bit of a stretch,” Mithali Raj said at the post-match media conference. Mithali described the Test match performance by her team members as special in the first-ever Day-Night Test match.
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“Against the best sides, definitely yes. (Against) Australia this is the best game we’ve played. But in 2014, with eight debutants winning a Test in England against England, who had just won the Ashes. That was also very close. That was pretty great. The girls really put up a great show,” she further added.
Talk about taking a cue from @msdhoni to win the toss 🙂🙂#TeamIndia | @M_Raj03 | #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/kFtDHeuItW
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 3, 2021
While both the batting and bowling unit did well, it was Mithali Raj’s record of losing toss that made headlines. It had started during the all-format tour to England earlier this year and it continued in Australia too. When she was asked about the change at the call she made during the toss, she replied in a funny way and said that she did not want to create a legacy by losing tosses.
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However, the change in call didn’t work out as she again lost the toss. But Mithali Raj said that with regards to toss she would like to take a cue from former India captain MS Dhoni as well.
