After shedding the three-match T20I sequence to Australia, India Women skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday recognized fielding as the realm that wanted pressing enchancment. India had grassed a number of catches on this sequence, which the Australians received 2-1. The guests defeated India by seven wickets within the third sport on the DY Patil Stadium.
India Women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur and teammates look on after interesting for the dismissal of Australia Women’s captain Alyssa Healy (BCCI-X)
“As a team we have learnt a lot. Fielding is something we were not up to the mark and after this break we will work on our fitness and fielding to come back stronger,” Harmanpreet stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.
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Harmanpreet admitted that Australia performed the white ball codecs a lot better than India after shedding the one-off Test. “The last month we played very good cricket. They (Australia) played white-ball cricket better than us. We know that we can take our time in red-ball cricket but we need to be on our toes in white-ball cricket.”
The Indian captain additionally stated her aspect can be taught quite a bit from the vacationers. “We always give them a fight, we were not going to give them anything easily, that is something I am proud of my team. A lot to learn from them (Australia) as well.”
Australian captain and the participant of the sequence Alyssa Healy stated her opening wicket alliance with Beth Mooney was vital within the chase.
Healy (55) and Mooney (52 not out) added 85 runs for the primary wicket in simply 10 overs to offer their workforce an ideal begin to its chase of 148.
“Whenever you are chasing that total, it is important to get us off to a good start and get the run-rate down as soon as possible,” stated Healy.
Healy was additionally delighted to see the trouble from her bowlers. “The bowlers have been outstanding throughout the series and really proud of the group. We got 9 bowling options, but our ability to trust only those 5 (bowlers) in the last 5 games is outstanding.”
Player of the match and pacer Annabel Sutherland termed Australia’s victory as an entire effort. “It was nice to get a complete performance out there from the group and nice to finish off with a series win.
“We reviewed the first game and we didn’t play the way we would have liked and are proud of the way the girls came back after that,” stated Sutherland.
Opening batter Mooney stated the sequence win was a great launching pad forward of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. “We certainly have an eye on that T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, and we are trying to get better and improve on certain areas.”
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
