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On February 12th India’s women’s cricket team will play their Pakistani arch rival in the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa. It will be a big sporting occasion. It will also be a potentially lucrative opportunity for the players to show off their skills ahead of an enthralling cricket-business event back home in Mumbai the next day.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Women at the crease”
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