How many of us were aware that on 19th of March 2016 our women’s cricket team took on Pakistan women’s team in the afternoon at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, New Delhi? The very same day when our men’s cricket team took on their men’s team in the evening at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. I think very few people were aware about it, isn’t it sad?? For long, the Indian women’s cricket team have been living in the shadows of the more fancied men’s team, all the while, silently outperforming their opponents, achieving good results and coming out on the top more often than not. The only difference between men’s and women’s team is simply the attention or the lack of it, that the women cricketers face.
In a country where a large number of people are obsessed with cricket, it comes as a big surprise that not many are aware of the names of the cricketers in the women’s team, with India hosting the 2016 edition of World Twenty 20, both men’s and women’s matches will be played simultaneously. But there hasn’t been much publicity surrounding the ladies tournament, the only bright spot was when they got to pose alongside their popular counterparts, during the official unveiling of the team India jersey.
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