India women's coach Ramesh Powar was sacked as the head coach with less than two months to go for the T20 World Cup.
'I am still very passionate to go out there, be there in the middle and win games for India. I know there is still room for improvements in terms of my batting and that is something I am working on... There are certain dimensions I would like to add to my batting...'
Call it destiny or design, Goswami's last hurrah is taking at Lord's.
Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women's T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday.
Course correction for the Indian women's cricket team has become the need of the hour.
Australia captain Meg Lanning wants women's Tests to be made five-day contests, like it is for their male counterparts, to get more results and cited the recent rain-affected drawn game between India and England to call for the change.
Images from the Women's World Cup match between India and England, in Mount Maunganui, on Wednesday.
England Women register a five-wicket win over India Women and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead
India crushed minnows Thailand by 74 runs to storm into the final of Women's Asia Cup
The one-off Test against India, scheduled to be held from 16-19 June, starts an important summer for Knight's team that has an Ashes series followed by a World Cup title defense in New Zealand.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
Veteran India pace bowler Jhulan Goswami said she was glad to have stood up for the side after the narrow loss in the second ODI against Australia by being a major contributor to the consolation win in the third and final match at Mackay on Sunday.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Thursday attributed her prolonged lean patch with the bat to lack of preparation following her recovery from a COVID-19 infection and groin injury earlier this year.
From a strong 167 for none, India lost five wickets for the addition of just 16 runs before ending the day at 187 for five.
England scored a decent 269 for six on the opening day of the one-off women's Test against India, in Bristol on Wednesday.
India were forced to follow on after being dismissed for 231 in the first innings, in the opening session on Day 3, of the one-off women's Test against England in Bristol, on Friday.
Former India women's coach W V Raman says the 25-year-old is a good reader of the game and has already played few years of cricket.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Wednesday.
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