Lifetime achievement award: Cricket News & Match Updates

Indian Cricketers Association:  Sudha Shah was part of the Indian side that played the country’s first women’s Test match against the West Indies in Bangalore on October 31, 1976. On its 50th anniversary, which was also India’s first international cricket game, Sudha recalled the crowd followed the team later in the series, especially in Patna, as it made the players feel ‘like we were superstars.’

“In Patna, the thing I remember most about the Test we won is the crowd. Every day, there was a crowd of nearly 20,000 to 30,000. After we won, they lined up on either side of the road, and when our bus went to where we were staying, it was like we were superstars. We had never even dreamt of experiencing something like that,” Sudha was quoted as saying by bcci.tv on Saturday.   Read More...