Chasing India’s goal along with her scintillating innings, India captain Mithali Raj on Saturday mentioned she desires to work laborious not solely to complete the sport but additionally to information her younger teammates.
On the day she turned the very best run-scorer in girls’s cricket throughout all codecs, Mithali scored an unbeaten 75 to assist India chase down the goal of 220 runs within the last ODI and provides India a comfort win.
The sport acquired a bit tense ultimately however Mithali held her nerves.
“I never gave up in the middle. It’s in the middle, because you can’t win a match sitting in the dugout. I wanted to win games for the team,” Mithali mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.
“We simply wanted a very good partnership to maneuver ahead. I knew I might handle the sport within the center overs, however when you will have younger gamers you need to information them.
“I have enjoyed chasing. I wanted to be there and win games for the team, I picked bowlers to attack and also guide Sneh Rana. It is always good to have an all-rounder in the team. “That (affection) has been phenomenal for us all through the collection.”
England captain Heather Knight mentioned he was “a bit disappointed” with the ultimate end result nevertheless it was a “very good game”.
“We have been just a few runs brief on a gradual wicket. It was troublesome to hit boundaries and we should always have gotten extra singles. We ought to rating 240-250 runs each time.”
“We misplaced essential wickets at essential instances, we would have liked to maintain wickets within the final 5 overs and go large. We tried to see completely different folks in numerous roles at present because the collection got here to an finish, however I trusted (Katherine) Brunt and (Sophie) Ecclestone to get the sport accomplished at present.
Ecclestone, who was named Player of the Series, mentioned that the group is decided to do nicely within the upcoming T20.
He mentioned, ‘We have to return again strongly in T20. It is sweet sufficient to belief the captain. She (Mithali) batted nicely at present and had the correct tempo for her innings. It’s good to have Glennie on the group, we’re the identical age and have the identical musical style.”
.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
