Women’s cricket T20 World Cup opens with huge upset, but little fanfare in India
24 February 2020 |
6:57 am
The women's T20 Cricket World Cup opened with a huge upset for India against defending champions Australia. But the excitement usually generated by the men's game in India was conspicuously absent.
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