The left-handers were accurate and quick through the air and the debutant off-spinner looked an honest trier with little variety to trouble batters at this level. On a pitch that got slower as the match progressed, the fast bowlers struggled to get the ball up towards the batters’ shoulders

Book Ezxtract: When cricketer Smriti Mandhana made her first double century, it wasn’t just Rahul Dravid’s bat that gave her wings, but also the blood, sweat, and tears of players such as Diana Edulji and Mithali Raj, who built Indian women’s cricket from the ground up. A new book by Swayam Ganguly covers this glowing legacy