New Delhi: India’s off-spin bowling all-rounder Sneh Rana has revealed that the historic 270-run victory over England in the first-ever women's Test match at the iconic Lord's Cricket Ground was the culmination of deep manifestation and visualisation of ‘creating history’ long before the team even set foot on the hallowed turf.
It took 142 years for Lord’s to host its first-ever Women’s Test match, and the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side registered themselves as winners of the historic game at the iconic venue. The mammoth and very special victory also marked India’s second-highest win by runs in women’s Tests and the fourth biggest victory overall in the longer format, apart from maintaining their clean slate in red-ball games in England.
“If I tell you personally, since the time we came to know that the Lord would host the Test match, and it is the first time Test cricket would be played there, our manifestation started from there. Like what to do and for visualisation, we used to think of going there and would say that if we win, India's name will come here and it will remain forever and become history.
“So all this was going on in the dressing room before the match, and finally, when that moment came, it was a very special feeling, and I just want all our players to keep writing their names on the honours board and create more history,” Sneh told the media.
The belief that a famous victory at Lord’s was further fuelled by head coach Amol Muzumdar, who urged the players to seize their opportunity of a lifetime. “Yes, absolutely. When we were in the dressing room, Amol Sir was saying that history would be made because it was the first Test. After this, there will be Test matches or other women's matches. But this will always be special, and the name of India will always be there.
The historic Test saw young pacer Kranti Gaud claim a five-wicket haul and wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia score a spectacular century as both etched their names on the iconic honours board at Lord’s.
