Opener Smriti Mandhana says she never thought the Indian women’s team would get to play a day-night Test, something the side will experience in a few months’ time in Australia.
The day-night Test against Australia, part of a multi-format seven-match tour, is scheduled to be played from September 30 to October 3 at the WACA in Perth.
“Frankly, when I used to watch day-night Tests of men, I actually never felt that I will be able to experience this moment – it’s wrong to say ‘I’ at the moment – that the Indian team will be able to experience the moment,” Mandhana told ESPNcricinfo.
“So, when it got declared, I was like, ‘Oh, wow. That’s going to be crazy’.”
The pink-ball clash will be India’s first four-day fixture (the standard length of women’s Tests) against Australia since 2006 and their second Test match this year, with a one-off game against England scheduled to take place next month in Bristol.
“I remember playing my first day-night…