India Women's Team To Play One-Off Test Against England

After almost 12 months of Coronavirus-induced break, Indian women's team are currently playing a 5-match One-Day-International series in Lucknow against South Africa.

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On the occasion of International Women's day, BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Monday took to Twitter to announce that the Indian women's team will play a one-off Test match against England  women's team, later this year.

Indian women's team last played a Test match six long years ago, against South Africa in December, 2014 at Mysore.

After almost 12 months of Coronavirus-induced break, Mithali Raj and her team are currently playing a 5-match One-Day-International series in Lucknow against South Africa. The ODI series will be followed by a T20 series.

On International Women's Day 2021, BCCI secretary Jay Shah made the announcement via his official handle on Twitter.

"On the occasion of International Womens 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.

Shah did not reveal the official venue for one-off Test but it is expected that the match will take place during Indian women's team tour of United Kingdom and tentatively some time in June or July.

Ex-India all-rounder WV Raman is the current coach of Indian women's team.