Sandhya Agrawal optimistic about women embracing Tests

As India tried to speed up the scoring in its girls’s ODI World Cup conflict with Pakistan, former India captain Sandhya Agrawal, seated within the media field on the Holkar Stadium right here, couldn’t resist making observations.

“The stance could be very broad as we speak. So broad that the decrease half is staying in place, which could possibly be an issue, nevertheless it fits her,” she exclaimed to The Hindu.

That Sandhya was fast to choose up on nuances of play was barely stunning. India’s first girls’s staff captain Shantha Rangaswamy cheekily referred to as her Sandhya ‘Approach’ Agrawal.

A mainstay of India for nearly a decade, Sandhya served with distinction, with the spotlight being a elegant 190 in opposition to England in a Take a look at match in 1986, then the best particular person rating in girls’s cricket. Her microscopic studying of the sport held her in good standing as she moved on to teaching and scouting.

Given the frequency of multi-day cricket throughout her time, Sandhya stays optimistic concerning the girls’s sport embracing the longest format ultimately.

“India is taking part in extra ODIs and T20s. ICC has stated that there must be a Take a look at in each sequence. Perhaps issues are slowly altering. I believe slowly consideration might be given to all codecs. Perhaps the ladies may also have one thing just like the World Take a look at Championship that males have. It’s potential.”

It’s at all times fascinating to quiz gamers on how their era would maintain up on this planet of slam-bang T20 cricket. Sandhya dismissed any recommendations of battle.

“If we had T20, then undoubtedly our sport would have modified. We’d play to satisfy these calls for.

“However in our time, there have been extra Assessments. Although if we had performed like this… say a scoop shot, they might have thrown us out. However that is the demand now, so it’s not a giant deal. Situations change, the whole lot will change,” she says.