Indian skipper Harmapreet Kaur has expressed her desire to play more Test matches going forward. In her long career, the 34-year-old has represented India in only three red-ball matches and thus, she wants the number of matches to increase, so that the players learn the art of playing Test cricket and stay fit whenever an opportunity comes up.
“As a player, I definitely want more Tests because as a growing kid, we saw more Tests on TV than T20s. Nowadays it’s a lot of fun playing T20s but Test cricket is something every cricketer wants to play,” Harmanpreet said on the Sky Sports Cricket Podcast.
“This year we have two Tests – one against England and one against Australia – and I hope those games can make a huge impact on women’s cricket and hopefully in the future we will keep getting more Test matches. We have to bring back Test matches in women’s cricket because it’s very important for women’s cricket,” she added.
Domestic cricket has improved a lot: Harmanpreet Kaur
“Trust me, (domestic cricket) has improved a lot. Initially when I started playing, we hardly got domestic games but for the last couple of years, domestic level has improved a lot. We are getting more games and some domestic games are live also, people can watch on TV. It is improving day by day but in my early days we used to play two- and three-day games which we are really missing, and I’m sure after these two Test matches hopefully we’ll get two-day matches back. The more cricket we get, the more improvement we’ll see in women’s cricket,” she added.
