India Women vs England Women

India ready for rare home Test in England's special 100th. India have maintained that they do not want to be overawed by the occasion of a Test match, a format England play more frequently.

Big picture- England Women to play their 100th Test

After a reversal of just two days from the third T20I, India and England gear up for a Test. Not just any other Test. The first women's Test hosted by India since 2014. The first women's Test in India for England since 2005. The first for India after the retreats of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.

India were training for it like they do for any other game, and the focus was on mixing attack with defence.

India have maintained that they do not want to be overawed by the occasion of a Test match, a rare circumstance for them." Unlike T20s where every third or fourth ball is upstanding shot, that's the only thing we've to tellourselves.However, that's their way, If someone has upstanding shots as their first. How Shafali( Verma) batons and I club is different and you can not anticipate both of us to club in a particular mould," Smriti Mandhana had said on Tuesday.

Harmanpreet Kaur indicated to it on the dusk of the Test" The stylish thing( head trainer Amol Muzumdar) said was, go with your stylish fur style and do not suppose about changing it because it's red- ballcricket.However, play aggressively, If you're an aggressivebatter.However, also do that, If you like to make your innings. Back yourself and your fur style, because we hardly have time to change effects in fur."

The sun was beating down by the time England walked out to train in the autumn, and they had a system to how they went about with their medication. It isn't frequently that the women play Tests, but England have done it 99 times formerly and the Navi Mumbai game against India will be their 100th.

In the press conference, England captain Heather Knight didn't reveal who would mate Tammy Beaumont at the top, after Emma Lamb's injury.

The only aspect England have to choose is one middle- order spot. The toss- up is likely between Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey, who also bowls offspin. While Dunkley was having a club at the nets, Capsey was seen taking grandly catches and passed some violent fielding drills, too, before facing a combination of throwdowns and a net bowler.

While England will head back home after this one- off Test, it's just the launch for India, who are to play back- to- back Test matches for the first time, with Australia up next latterly this month.

In the limelight- Harmanpreet Kaur and Nat Sciver- Brunt

frequently in the recent history, Harmanpreet Kaur has set up herself at the centre of the most pivotal moments of Indian women's justice. She was part of the first WPL match and also led Mumbai Indians to the title in the first replication. Her 171 not out in the 2017 ODI World Cup is part of myth. She's only three Tests old and is all set to captain India in the one- off match for the first time in the format. It was easy to spot Harmanpreet two days out of the game, in the group of Indian players training- she was the only one with the Test white trackpants. During her fur stints, she was fastening on her footwork- purposely trying to get the front- bottom forward against fast bowling to defend- and worked on judging the line and length to leave balls. She starred with the ball in the last Test India played at home; all eyes- around 40,000 no lower if the turnout is good- will be on her yet again.

Is Nat Sciver- Brunt ever not a trouble? The DY Patil Stadium was one of the venues of WPL 2023, where she finished second on the fur maps. She scored an unbeaten 169 against South Africa in the drawn Taunton Test last time and 78 in the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge this June. On the dusk of the match, she maundered a short while with both Sophie Ecclestone and Charlie Dean bowling in tandem and looked in good touch. Sciver- Brunt also showed a regard of her significance with the ball in the T20Is against India. After picking up a knee injury during the Ashes, she played the Hundred and the home ODIs against Sri Lanka purely as a batter. She started brushing towards the end of the WBBL and could take on a lower workload with the ball in the Test.

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still, it'll be different but if we look at our strengths, it'll be a different combination," If we look at the pitch and decide the combination. I would like to go with our strengths," Harmanpreet said without giving an inclination to the bowling combination India are likely to address. Renuka Singh is returning from a stress injury but could be in line for a Test debut. It's likely India will go in with three cleft, like was the case in their last two Test jaunts in 2021.

India( possible) 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur( capt), 5 Yastika Bhatia, 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 Richa Ghosh/ Pooja Vastrakar, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Meghna Singh.

With nature Lamb out injured, England's main challenge will be around who mates Beaumont. Dunkley is an option given she's used to the job in white- ball justice, which could also mean a Test debut for Capsey. The other spot in focus will be the alternate attachment's- between Lauren Filer, who impressed with her raw pace in the Ashes, and Lauren Bell.

England( possible) 1 Tammy Beaumont, 2 Sophia Dunkley, 3 Heather Knight( capt), 4 Nat Sciver- Brunt, 5 Alice Capsey, 6 Danni Wyatt, 7 Amy Jones( wk), 8 Sophie Ecclestone, 9 Charlie Dean, 10 Kate Cross, 11 Lauren Filer/ Lauren Bell

Pitch and conditions

On the dusk of the Test, the pitch wore a brown look with veritably little lawn on it. The word is that it'll prop spin but both the captains said it would be skiddy." It might not turn more and will be skiddy indeed for the baits," Harmanpreet said with Knight nearly agreeing" Spin has dived on a bit more. We trained on the other ground history and it was nearly like a day one gate where spin dived on. Did a little bit with the ball, a little bit of swing and a bit of nip."

Mornings in Mumbai and its cities have been affable with the effect of the sun felt in the autumn, when the temperature crosses the 30- degree- celcius mark. All four days are anticipated to be analogousweather-wise.