Harmanpreet Kaur ruled out of pink-ball Test against Australia
The HinduHarmanpreet Kaur has been ruled out of India's pink-ball Test against Australia, starting Thursday. India's women's cricket team will be playing its first-ever pink-ball Test and Mithali confirmed that the team had no pink-ball sessions in the Bengaluru camp as the focus was on 50-over cricket. "The Test match is going to be a challenging affair for the Indian team for more reasons than one - if playing under lights could be a big task, this will also be for the first time that the team will play on drop-in wickets. "This will be the second Test in a year for the Indian team and Mithali hopes that going forward, every bilateral series will have at least a standalone Test. Asked whether the Pink-ball Test should be a regular affair in every series, Mithali said: "It depends on the Board.