Lack of preparation is being blamed as a reason for the India men’s cricket team flopping in the Test series against South Africa. Unlike the men’s team, which reached South Africa only a few days before the first Test in Cape Town, the women’s cricket team will reach in advance and get acclimatised before taking on South Africa women in the first ODI in Kimberley on February 5. We are going to have a camp and then two practice matches before playing South Africa in the ODI series,” said all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, a key member of the Indian women’s cricket team. The women’s team is currently at a weeklong camp at the Wankhede Stadium. READ | Mohammed Shami is Indian cricket team’s best Test bowler, says Fanie de VilliersThe first Indian to play in the women’s Big Bash League said that experience would stand her in good stead.

Source: Hindustan Times January 20, 2018 15:00 UTC