Statistics: Middle-order stability boosts India’s confidence as countdown to Women’s ODI World Cup begins

Since the turn of the decade, the Indian women’s team has handed out 29 debuts in One-Day Internationals. Out of this, only six were batters. For an outfit which often finds itself under the scanner for chopping and changing the squad, it has found some sort of stability in its line-up of willow-yielders in the … Read more

Experiments galore as India chases stability ahead of World Cup

There’s great comfort in being the reliable bet when success is largely on autopilot. Ask India, the hot favourite in the recent tri-series against Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo. Harmanpreet & Co. cantered to a series win, after beating Sri Lanka in a final that was headlined by a sublime century from Smriti … Read more