Sandhya Agrawal optimistic about ladies embracing Tests

As India tried to speed up the scoring in its ladies’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 at this time. So broad that the decrease half is staying in place, which might be an issue, however 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 ladies’s staff captain Shantha Rangaswamy cheekily known as her Sandhya ‘Technique’ Agrawal.

A mainstay of India for nearly a decade, Sandhya served with distinction, with the spotlight being a elegant 190 towards England in a Test match in 1986, then the best particular person rating in ladies’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 ladies’s recreation embracing the longest format finally.

“India is taking part in extra ODIs and T20s. ICC has stated that there must be a Test in each sequence. Maybe issues are slowly altering. I believe slowly consideration shall be given to all codecs. Maybe the ladies may even have one thing just like the World Test Championship that males have. It is feasible.”

It’s all the time fascinating to quiz gamers on how their technology would maintain up on this planet of slam-bang T20 cricket. Sandhya dismissed any solutions of wrestle.

“If we had T20, then positively our recreation would have modified. We’d play to fulfill these calls for.

“But in our time, there have been extra Tests. Though if we had performed like this… say a scoop shot, they might have thrown us out. But that is the demand now, so it’s not an enormous deal. Scenarios change, every little thing will change,” she says.