India women's team captain Mithali Raj on Tuesday said she took advice of other cricketers to better prepare for the longest format ahead of the one-off Test against England starting here on Wednesday.
"I have played lesser Tests than ODI and T20, I would have liked more Test matches. I wouldn't really get down to thinking whether my game is evolved in this format, but the preparation has been very similar,” Raj said at the match-eve virtual press conference.
“And probably talking to many other cricketers, trying to get how they prepare for the longer format has helped me to prepare for this Test match,” said Mithali, without taking names of the cricketers, whom she had spoken to.
Raj said she would not want rookie players to be burdened with expectations and would advice them to enjoy the game.
“Well, we did brief them (players) about how the long format is played and clearly for someone who is making a debut, you don't want to burden them with expectations and responsibility.
"So, it is just that I would brief together as a team, support them on the field and they should just enjoy playing this format,” the skipper added.