She has
played 2 Tests and 98 ODIs ; 68 T20s – scored 2408 ODI runs and has 42
stumpings and 95 catches in ODI. Her
name would immediately make you think of Saamy heroine.
The ICC Womens’ World Cup
has been exciting. SA has choked again;
England has marched to Finals and wait the outcome of India Australia match at
Derby tomorrow. In this WC Indian Capt. Mithali Raj has rewritten the all-time batting
record and Jhulan Goswami the all-time
bowling record; Trisha Chetty added her name to the leaderboards when in
Taunton earlier this week she rose to top spot for most wicket-keeper
dismissals in women’s One-Day Internationals when Chamari Polgampola edged Dane
van Niekerk to her gloved hands. She is
of Indian origin but plays for South Africa.
Moments after the final of
2017 edition Indian Premier League between Rising Pune Supergiant and Mumbai
Indians was concluded, Chennai Super Kings franchise announced their return to the league and social media just
exploded. Chennai fans have been starved
off International cricket, no matches being played at Chepauk, and most of us
are eagerly awaiting TNPL about to start in a couple of days. CSK along with Rajasthan Royals were in July
2015 suspended from the cash-rich league in a clean-up exercise following the
2013 betting and spot-fixing scandal.
India offspinner R Ashwin
has waded into controversy by comparing Chennai Super Kings' return to the IPL
fold to Manchester United's recovery from the horrific plane crash at Munich in
1958, in which 23 people including eight of their footballers died. The
Manchester United squad had been returning home from a European Cup tie in
Belgrade on February 6, 1958 when their British European Airways flight crashed
on take-off following a refuelling stop. Ashwin subsequently took to Twitter to
clarify his position, claiming his comments had been taken out of context.
Out there in UK, a week ago, when India went down to Australia by
eight wickets, the odds in favour of the two teams facing each other a second
time this World Cup were seemingly low. While Australia had sealed a semi-final
berth at a canter, India's fate was to be decided by a knock-out tie against
New Zealand. In what turned out to be their most comprehensive victory in the
tournament, a century from captain Mithali Raj, coupled with Veda
Krishnamurthy's 45-ball 70, marshalled India to their fourth semi-final
appearance in ten editions and their first since 2005, when they finished
runners-up.
India is expecting that
opener Smriti Mandhana, who got India's campaign off
to a flying start with a 90 and a hundred in consecutive games, would fire
again in the possible 2 matches along with Punam Raut. Mithali
Raj's partnerships with Raut,
Harmanpreet Kaur, Krishnamurthy and Deepti Sharma have been vital to India's
totals, as have been her 356 runs at an average of 50.85, that contributed to
her becoming the first Indian to score 1000 runs in the World Cup. India would look forward to its spinners too
..
Trisha Chetty has been
playing since her young age and is reportedly an avid fan of Jonty Rhodes. Chetty followed a fairly regular route
through the ranks, from junior cricket to provincial cricket and the national
team. She made her international debut as an 18-year-old and batted at No. 6 in
that match. Less than 18 months later, she moved to the top of the order, in a
one-off match against Ireland. That's where she stayed until recently. Unlike
modern wicketkeepers who consider themselves batsmen who can keep, Chetty sees
herself primarily as a wicketkeeper. It has helped that she's had one of the
best in the world to look up to. "I loved Mark Boucher's style,"
Chetty says. "I wanted to be just like him. Just everything about the way
he did things and his rhythm in keeping."
Last year, Cricket South Africa suspended two of its
three Indian-origin players in the national women’s squad – Shabnim Ismail and
Trisha Chetty – for repeat offences that breached its Rules and Code of
Conduct. Ismail and Chetty were suspended until January 31 for persistent breaches of Article 1.5.2 of
the Code, namely “unbecoming or detrimental conduct which could bring them, the
Board or the game of cricket into disrepute”. Although CSA would not give
details of the nature of the offences, sources said the two players were at
loggerheads !
So tomorrow let us all
cheer for our side to win the match reach the finals and win the Cup too. Hearty wishes to Mithali Raj and our team
India.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
19th July 2017.
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