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India vs England women: ‘Cusp of something big’ – Amol Muzumdar begins coaching stint in his backyard with fearless cricket and fitness top of checklist

The Indian women’s cricket team don’t play often at home. In T20Is, they played Australia in December last year. The last ODI home series was back in March 2021. That is despite the fact that they have a T20 World Cup in Bangladesh next year and a home World Cup in the 50-over format on the horizon in 2025. And above all this, it’s been a year since the team’s last official head coach was moved on from the job.It is against this backdrop that Harmanpreet Kaur and Co get ready for a rare bumper month of international cricket at home, with finally a new head coach in place. Mumbai domestic legend Amol Muzumdar will begin his stint at a place where he piled on mountains of runs as India play England and Australia over the next five weeks in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. While there is reason to ...
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India beat Bangladesh by 31 runs to win Women’s Emerging Asia Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The India U-23 women's team showcased its prowess in a thrilling encounter, emerging victorious in the final of the Women's Emerging Asia Cup T20 against Bangladesh. The spin duo of Shreyanka Patil and Mannat Kashyap played pivotal roles with the ball, guiding India to a resounding 31-run win.Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India had a modest start, posting a total of 127 for seven on the scoreboard. Dinesh Vrinda provided the much-needed impetus to the innings, top-scoring with a composed 36 off 29 deliveries. Kanika Ahuja displayed her batting skills, remaining unbeaten on a crucial 30 off 23 balls. However, the Bangladesh bowlers were relentless, consistently picking up wickets and preventing India from establishing significant partnerships.In response, the Ind...
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WPL to remain 5-team affair in coming three seasons; home and away format likely from season 2, says IPL chairman Arun Dhumal | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Women's Premier League (WPL) to remain five-team affair for the coming three seasons despite turning out to be a huge success in the inaugural edition itself while BCCI is planning to introduce the home and away format from the next season to increase the fan base for the franchises, said IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Tuesday.Dhumal feels the home and away games will help teams immensely in building a fan base and the board wants to take that step without wasting any further time."Well begun is half done. It has been a great beginning for WPL and going forward it is going to be much better than what we have seen so far. We have started with five teams but going forward there is scope for an additional team given the pool of the players that is going to come in the years to ...
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Something Kohli said stuck to my mind, says Kanika

Bold strokes: Kanika’s composed knock, a match-winnning one for RCB, belied the fact that she was an uncapped player. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI When Heather Knight slog-swept Deepti Sharma into the hands of Kiran Navgire at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday night, a Royal Challengers Bangalore fan could well have said, “Not again”. RCB had slumped to 60 for four. Already back in the dugout were Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry. Though the target set by UP Warriorz was a modest 137, RCB had shown, in its previous five matches at the Women’s Premier League, that it was capable of snatching a defeat from every situation. So a sixth loss on the trot didn’t look unlikely at all. RCB thus would have become the first side to go out of contentio...
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Something Kohli said stuck to my mind, says Kanika

Bold strokes: Kanika’s composed knock, a match-winnning one for RCB, belied the fact that she was an uncapped player. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI When Heather Knight slog-swept Deepti Sharma into the hands of Kiran Navgire at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday night, a Royal Challengers Bangalore fan could well have said, “Not again”. RCB had slumped to 60 for four. Already back in the dugout were Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine and Ellyse Perry. Though the target set by UP Warriorz was a modest 136, RCB had shown, in its previous five matches at the Women’s Premier League, that it was capable of snatching a defeat from every situation.So a sixth loss on the trot didn’t look unlikely at all. RCB thus would have become the first side to go out of contention for...
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WPL: How Virat Kohli’s message fired up Kanika Ahuja | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Kanika Ahuja blasted a rapid 46 to help Royal Challengers Bangalore finally end their losing streak in the Women's Premier League in Mumbai and the talented allrounder said it was a discussion with India batting great Virat Kohli which fired her up.RCB chased down a tricky 136 to secure a five-wicket win against UP Warriorz on Wednesday as the 20-year-old from Punjab smashed 46 off 30 balls, the highest score by an uncapped player in the WPL so far.The winning moment! 🥹Tonight was a Wunderkind Wednesday special by Kanika & Richa 🔥#PlayBold #ನಮ್ಮRCB… https://t.co/lPBlB44Gmt— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) 1678904076000"Virat sir told us there is nothing about pressure here, it is all about the pleasure," Ahuja told media during the first press conference of her c...
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Kanika Ahuja and Richa Ghosh help RCB navigate a tricky chase to record their first win of WPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore were winless after five matches in the inaugural Women’s Premier League, with their big guns not turning up to make the vital difference. The stars didn’t come to the party again, at least with the bat, but youngsters Kanika Ahuja and Richa Ghosh took RCB over the line against UP Warriorz at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The RCB bowlers had dismissed UPW for 135 but when they were themselves reduced to 60/4 in the first half of the chase, there was doubt whether they could open their account. But the 60-run stand between Kanika and Richa scripted a five-wicket win with two overs to spare that gave RCB a chance to make the playoffs. Virat Kohli, the poster boy of the RCB men’s team, met the girls before the game and it seemed to have a positive impact o...
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UP Warriorz vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Highlights: RCB end losing streak in WPL with win over UP Warriorz | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore finally opened their account in the Women's Premier League with a comfortable five-wicket victory over UP Warriorz on Wednesday. RCB snapped their five-match losing streak to keep slender hopes of reaching the playoffs alive.Kanika Ahuja turned out to be the star performer as she led RCB's fightback with her 46-run knock and also shared a crucial 60-run stand with Richa Ghosh for the sixth wicket in the pursuit of 136. After Kanika's dismissal, Richa (31*) upped the ante to take RCB home with two overs to spare.Scorecard | As it happenedAfter opting to bowl, Bangalore produced a superb bowling effort to bundle out UP Warriorz for 135 in 19.3 overs. Sophie Devine and Megan Schutt triggered the top order collapse before Asha Sobhana double-strike red...