Shayan Acharya

Though the venue has hosted a few matches in the Ranji Trophy this season, it still remains an unexplored territory for the women cricketers.

Former India wicketkeeper-batter Mongia believes that it’s important for the MCA and people around him to back Shaw in the times of crisis and not ‘throw him under the bus’.

To mark the occasion, the Baroda Cricket Association will host a small programme, which will be attended by its former president and erstwhile IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and former India cricketer Kiran More, among others.

Deandra Dottin has had a strange relationship with the WPL, with a controversial exit from the Gujarat Giants in the first season and finding no takers in the second. She’s made her way back to the Giants and is eager to make up for lost time.

Smriti Mandhana’s 91 with the bat and Renuka Thakur’s five-for ensured a comfortable win for the host, which takes a 1-0 lead in the three-match WODI series.

Renuka said bowling at a stump-to-stump line helped her negate the dew factor as her 5/29 paved a 211-run win for India in the series opener against West Indies.

The host put up a dominating performance in the first ODI, beating West Indies by a mammoth margin of 211 runs.

Along with cricket, she also played basketball regularly and even won a gold medal in basketball at the 64th School National Games in Delhi in January 2019.

Harleen Deol’s maiden international century and Priya Mishra’s three-wicket haul helped India clinch a 115-run against the West Indies and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Making her comeback after a nine-month gap due to an injury, Harleen scored her maiden international century against the West Indies in the second women’s ODI.