All pointing upwards: Pradhan on growth of women's game

IT has been two years since former India cricketer Snehal Pradhan took over as Manager Women's Cricket at the International Cricket Council.

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In the time since, the ICC has conducted two senior T20 World Cups, the maiden U19 WC, and have laid out a pathway for the growth of the women's game in the next decade. Pradhan spoke to this daily about the work that goes behind the scenes, cricket's inclusion in Olympics, & more.

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On a short turnaround since the WC got shifted

There was a huge keenness to have the tournament in Bangladesh because we know that Bangladesh as a cricket-crazy market would have really turned out to support the tournament. Unfortunately, we couldn't go ahead. It is important to acknowledge that Bangladesh is still the hosts. From ICC's perspective, we're grateful and lucky to have partners like the Emirates Cricket Board. I think there was a lot of confidence, despite having only five weeks, that the UAE Board would be able to deliver a worldclass event.