BCCI announces Test match for India Women’s Cricket Team on International Women’s Day

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday that the India Women’s Cricket Team, who are currently in the middle of an ODI series against South Africa Women, will play a one-off Test match against England Women’s Team later this year.

This will also be the first Test match the Indian eves will be playing since 2014.

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“On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay, I’m pleased to announce that #TeamIndia @BCCIWomen will play a one-off Test match against @ECB_cricket later this year. The women in blue will be donning the whites again Folded hands Flag of India,” BCCI secretary Jay Shah tweeted on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

On the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay, I’m pleased to announce that #TeamIndia @BCCIWomen will play a one-off Test match against @ECB_cricket later this year. The women in blue will be donning the whites again

— Jay Shah (@JayShah) March 8, 2021

The Indian eves played their last Test match in 2014 against South Africa women, which they won. They had won a one-off Test match against England Women in the same year as well. Prior to that, they took on England in a two-match Test series in 2006, which they won by a 1-0 scoreline.