Jhulan rues lack of int’l exposure

Indian pace spearhead Jhulan Goswami on Tuesday rued that lack of an international calendar for women’s cricket was affecting their performance and she urged the need to focus on World Cup in 2017. Indian women’s cricket team played a Test after six years as they defeated the English team by six wickets in a one- off Test in England which was a saving grace for Indian cricket in England with the Mahendra Singh Dhoni- led team losing the Test series 1- 3. “As of now, we don’t know when will be our next international commitment, we don’t have an international calendar. It’s really difficult at this level. We badly need international exposure,” the lanky speedster lamented. The former India captain further said the priority should be to focus on the World Cup in three years time which would also be held in England. “We must pick a lot of about 25- 30 players and give them at least 30- 35 international experience before they play the World Cup,” Jhulan said. “In England, we played with eight Test debutants, that’s why our win was more satisfying than our 2006 win.”