India tour a journey into the unknown: SA women cricket captain

LUCKNOW: South African women's cricket captain SuneLuus believes her team will be stepping into the unknown during their tour to India this month.

Coach Hilton Moreeng and his squad arrived in the sub-continent over the weekend to play the hosts in five One-day and three Twenty20 Internationals here. All the matches will take place in a bio-secure environment (BSE).

The South Africans are currently in quarantine for six days, and that will be followed by two days of training ahead of the first ODI on March 7 at the beautiful Ekana Stadium.

"Coming to India is always exciting. We're never sure what to expect when we get here. For this trip, we've never played on the ground, we don't know what it looks like or what the conditions will be like. I think it will be the same for India as well. So, I think it's going to be an even contest," Sune said.

Sune will again captain the team due to the injury absence of Dane van Niekerk. The regular skipper again misses out, along with Chloe Tryon and MasabataKlaas, who is also on the casualty list.

The South African women last toured India in 2019 when they lost the ODI series 0-3 and fell to a 1-3 defeat during the T20I leg of the trip.

"It's always tough in India and it's definitely going to be tough again. We have five ODIs and three T20Is with a quick turnaround between games, which in itself is tough. The opponents are very competitive players," Sune stated. IANS

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