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Prayagraj's Shipra Giri will play her international debut match against Australia

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Prayagraj, July 14 (HS). The Indian women's selection committee on Sunday announced the India-A team for the multi-format cricket series to be held in Australia. Shipra Giri, a trainee of Prayagraj's Sports Talent Cricket Academy, has been selected as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the 18-member team.

India A team will play three T20, three 50 over matches and one four-day match in Australia. T20 matches will be played at Allan Border Field and Brisbane from August 7, 9 and 11, ODI matches will be played at Mackay on August 14, 16 and 18, and the four-day match will be played at Gold Coast from August 22 to 24. Before this, Shipra was also selected for the Board President's XI against South Africa recently. Shipra, who played for UPCA in the Under 19, Under 23 and Senior Women's Board Trophy competitions in the past years, also made a place in the NCA camp due to her excellent game and her excellent performance with the gloves behind the wicket.

Shipra Giri, who made her debut in 2016 at Sports Talent Cricket Academy under the supervision of cricket coach Ajay Yadav, started proving her talent in the early days itself. Shipra Giri, who showed aggressive batting and cheetah-like agility behind the wicket, continued to perform brilliantly. Shipra Giri, who played big innings in many matches of her career, has also played excellent century innings in the league competitions of Prayagraj.

On the selection of Shipra, Sports Talent Cricket Academy's patron Mahendra Kumar Singh, President Professor Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Coach Ajay Singh Yadav, District School Inspector PN Singh, Sports Secretary Brajesh Srivastava, Disabled Indian Team cricketer Ajay Yadav, Ajay Kushwaha, ACA Director Tahir Hasan, Suresh Dwivedi, RP Bhatnagar, Rakesh Yadav, Ashok Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Rajendra Tiwari, Jitendra Gupta etc. have expressed happiness.

Shipra Giri says that my happiness knows no bounds. My hard work and the love of my family and our coach is the most important moment of my career. I have full faith in myself. I want to perform my best for my team with both ball and gloves while playing for my country.

Shipra Giri's cricket coach Ajay Yadav said that the hard work and dedication of the last 6 years has brought Shipra to this position. The victory of playing cricket and the good use of time on the field has proved helpful in improving Shipra's game. Shipra is curious to learn every aspect of the game.