India vs Australia One-off Test: A chance for hosts to show gap is closing, start of new era for Alyssa Healy’s team
When it comes to challenges in women’s cricket, it doesn’t get bigger than facing Australia. The current holders of both World Cup titles, they are the benchmark for excellence, and have been so for a while.
As Harmanpreet Kaur and Co get ready to face them over the next three weeks, it feels like the game is at an interesting crossroads. Can India show the world that the advent of the Women’s Premier League and increased exposure to top-level cricket has helped reduce the gap with Australia? Can Australia be the same dominant force at the international level now that Meg Lanning has officially stepped aside?
The one-off Test (the first in 40 years in India between these two sides), followed by three ODIs and three T20Is, will play a part in answering some of those questions. The white-...