Sachin Tendulkar Wishes Indian Women Cricketers Before their tour of South Africa

Published - 22 Jan 2018, 10:41 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM

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Indian women are all set to tour of South Africa for a limited overs series in the Rainbow nation against the South African Women’s team. The two teams will play three One Day international matches and five T20I international on a month-long tour. The ODI series will be a part of the ICC Championship match, and both the teams will be looking forward to putting their best foot forward in the series and put a contention for the next World Cup.

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The Indian team prepared in the best possible way after spending an hour with the greatest batsman to have graced the cricketing field, Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar spent an hour with the Women cricketers and had a pep talk with them before the team left for the rainbow nation.

The first ODI will be played on 5th February, whereas the first T20 match will be played on 13th February.

The players were quite intrigued and asked Tendulkar on how he prepared before a Test match.
The legendary batsman told the players to go with a positive frame of mind and advised them not to worry about the conditions there. Tendulkar has also added and told the members not to burden themselves and advised them to avoid making minor mistakes.

Tendulkar tweeted and wished the team:

“It was really great meeting you all. My best wishes to the entire team for the ODI and T20 series in South Africa.”

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