MUMBAI: The Indian Women's Cricket Team will assemble in Mumbai for a preparatory camp from 6-10 June, 2017, ahead of the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 to be held in England & Wales from 24 June - 23 July, 2017.
The team recently enjoyed an unbeaten streak of 16 matches, the second longest in women’s ODIs. To boost the team’s fielding, the BCCI has appointed Biju George as the Fielding Coach.
The team will leave on 11 June and arrive in UK one week prior to the official warm-up matches. They will train at Loughborough MCC University and play a practice match against England Women on June 13 before heading to Derbyshire for a camp. The team will be based in Derby and play two warm-up games against New Zealand Women (19 June) and Sri Lanka Women (21 June).
The complete list of the Support Staff is as below:
Tushar Arothe: Coach
Biju George: Fielding Coach
Tracy Fernandes: Physio
Radha Krishnaswamy: Trainer
Rashmi Pawar: Masseuse
Aarti Nalge: Video Analyst
Trupti Bhattacharya: Manager
A media interaction has been planned prior to the departure and below are the details.
Date & Time |
4:00 to 4:20 PM IST |
June 10, 2017 (Saturday) |
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Venue |
Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy (BKC, Mumbai) |
Details |
Pre-departure Press Conference |
To be addressed by: |
Mithali Raj (captain) and Tushar Arothe (Coach) – Indian Women’s Cricket Team |
Team India’s schedule for Group Stage matches:
Match 2 against England Women: 24 June, County Ground, Derby
Match 7 against West Indies Women: 29 June, The County Ground, Taunton
Match 11 against Pakistan Women: 2 July, County Ground, Derby
Match 14 against Sri Lanka Women: 5 July, County Ground, Derby
Match 18 against South Africa Women: 8 July, Grace Road, Leicester
Match 23 against Australia Women: 12 July, Bristol County Ground, Bristol
Match 27 against New Zealand Women: 15 July, County Ground, Derby
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