High on energy!

At a time when womenrsquos Tests are few and far between Harmanpreet Kaurrsquos Indian team find themselves in a luxurious position For the first time this team will play backtoback TestsThe oneoff Test against Australia at the Wankhede from Thursday follows their lone Test against England at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai The home team won by 347 runsIt is also a new experience for Kaur amp Co who are only excited to be playing in two consecutive Tests starting on successive Thursdays The way India see through the two Tests could lead to the possibility of twoTest or threeTest series for women in the future After all in this age of whiteball cricket and instant results the longduration format is what the players irrespective of gender love to play and be really lsquotestedrsquoAlso ReadSalts ton helps England to level T20I series against West IndiesKaur who will be leading in her second Test against Australia said on Wednesday ldquoThe excitement is the same as when we played the first Test match v England We want to carry the same energy for this Test match We are really looking forward to this match We know that Australia are such a good team and everyone wants to beat them on any dayrdquoKaur 34 who will be playing in her fifth Test said the excitement to play the second Test in as many weeks ldquois helping us in recoveryrdquolsquoRecovery is most importantrsquoSpeaking about workload especially for the bowlers who are new to playing backtoback Tests Kaur explained ldquoWhen you are playing backtoback the most important thing is recovery how good and fresh you feel We try to take care of their workload and give them only as much training as we feel they are ready for The fresher we feel mentally and physically the better Having said that one important thing is excitement We hardly get to play Tests and that excitement is helping us in recoveryrdquoHer opposite number Alyssa Healy is also leading Australia for the second time after replacing Meg Lanning at the helm and winning the Ashes Test in Trent Bridge England in June this yearOz wary of Indian challengeThe 33yearold wicketkeeperbatter is wary of the challenge this Indian team throw Healy said ldquoAustralia versus India is hotlycontested no matter what format it is India in home conditions are really hard to beat For the amount of talent in that dressing room you cannot underestimate anyone This Indian team are going to be dominant for a long period of time We are going to test ourselves against the best I have seen Troy Cooley India bowling coach in the Indian kit and to have somebody with that experience and knowledge in that dressing room talking to their fast bowlers is a bit daunting to our batting group knowing the information that they have been given I am excited for this seriesrdquo