India women to take on England in one-off Test in 2021, confirms BCCI secretary Jay Shah

Mumbai: BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Monday announced that the Indian women’s team will be pitted against England in a one-off Test match, which will be held later this year. The last Test match that Mithali Raj and her team played was against South Africa women at Mysuru in December 2014 and it will be another traditional format game after six long years. Currently, the ‘Women in Blue’ are playing the five-match ODI series against South Africa in Lucknow after almost 12 months of COVID-19 enforced break. This series will be followed by a T20I series. Shah took to Twitter to make the announcement on International Women’s Day.

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay, I’m pleased to announce that #TeamIndia @BCCIWomen will play a one-off Test match against @ECB_cricket later this year. The women in blue will be donning the whites again 🙏🏻 🇮🇳

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) March 8, 2021

“On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I’m pleased to announce that TeamIndia, @BCCIWomen will play a one-off Test match against @ECB_cricket later this year. The “women in blue” will be donning the whites again,” tweeted Shah. However, Shah did not announce the venue of the Test on the occasion but it is expected to happen during the women’s team tour of UK and tentatively some time in June or July. The women’s team is coached by former India all-rounder WV Raman.