Indian Women Team Seek Ajinkya Rahane's Guidance Ahead Of Test vs England

The Indian women's cricket team is banking on lessons imparted by men's Test team vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane as it prepares to take on England in a one-off Test here from June 16. "We have al

Harmanpreet, who has played two Tests, 104 ODIs and 114 T20 Internationals, called the chat with Rahane a friendly talk meant to gain from his experience. "It was easy, friendly talk because he has played a lot of Test cricket. He has a lot of experience to share and we got a chance to speak to him," she said.

Harmanpreet lamented that though Indian women don't much practice with red ball as they have not played multi-days format games in recent past, they tried to create match-like scenarios during practice.

"Whatever time we got, we tried to create match scenarios and tried to stay in the best possible frame of mind. We did not get much time to prepare, didn't get practice games. But as players, it is important to adapt to situations as quickly as possible," she said.

"The wickets are totally different [here in England]. The ball swings; we practiced for it in the nets. We have a couple of days to prepare for it," she added. "It is a totally different scenario when you play red ball cricket. As players, it is important that you get used to conditions and whatever is coming in front of you."