The Indian Women's team is going to South Africa early, and skipper Mithali Raj today said it would help the side to get used to the conditions there. The women's squad will tour South Africa for a three-match ODI series, which starts at Kimberly on February 5, followed by a five-match T20 series beginning on February 13 at Potchefstroom. Asked whether going early to South Africa will help, Mithali said here, "We had (also) gone early for the World Cup in England (last year) to get acclimatised. So it is important, we are going early so that we get used to these conditions," the 35-year-old batswoman added. "I would tell the young girls to start fresh, it is an important tour and it is not going to be easy, because we have played South Africa before, we have toured South Africa for the quadrangular series.

Source: dna January 23, 2018 13:30 UTC