Indian males’s fielding coach R Sridhar heaped reward on batting sensation Shafali Verma, who has impressed everybody together with her double half-centuries on her Test debut in opposition to England.
In truth, Sridhar mentioned that all the Indian group sticks to Test matches each time it will get time from coaching and may be very impressed by the Haryana teenager’s pyrotechnics.
“Shafali, reminds us a lot of Veeru (Virender Sehwag), doesn’t it? The way she plays and her mindset is so clear, so we are enjoying Shafali’s innings. I wish he got a century in the first innings,” Sridhar mentioned within the digital press convention after the primary day of the World Test Championship closing in opposition to New Zealand was known as off because of rain.
“Well done with both Smriti (Mandhana) and Shafali, what a great start they gave us in the first innings and unfortunately, we couldn’t capitalize on it but a great Test match was going on,” Sridhar mentioned.
In India’s solely girls’s Test in opposition to England girls, debutant Shafali scored 96 within the first essay and an unbeaten 50 within the ongoing second essay after the guests utilized a follow-on.
Smriti Mandhana additionally performed an innings of 78 runs, which included 14 fours.
The fielding coach additionally mentioned that the ‘Men in Blue’ are watching the ladies in motion and inspiring the women.
“We have left no stone unturned in the girls’ game from day one. We’ve almost seen it, except when we were out for practice. We’ve all seen the game, it’s going on in our rooms, in our team room, in our breakfast area and even today, when we were there to stop the rain, we all sat together and watched the girls game. And encouraging our girls,” he mentioned.
“Now they’re combating to get again within the recreation, making their approach again into the sport, Deepti (Sharma) has accomplished an incredible job there, she has performed just a few balls for her one or two runs when I’m gone. (for the press convention),” Sridhar mentioned.
The fielding coach additionally favored the pitch in Bristol, the place the Women’s Test is being performed.
“Looking at the wicket, we thought, maybe we can play the final there. The ball is turning a bit, so we (are) just wondering what do you think if we move the final from here to Bristol,” he quipped.
The four-day Test match ends on Saturday.
Our enjoying XI was picked by taking circumstances out of equation: Sridhar
Sridhar dominated out a change within the enjoying XI after the primary day of the World Test Championship closing in opposition to New Zealand was washed out and insisted that the gamers picked are able to making circumstances irrelevant.
“I was expecting this to be the first question. The eleven that have been announced is the eleven which takes the conditions out of the equation,” Sridhar instructed the media after the opening day’s wash.
“I think it is the eleven that can play and perform on any surface and in any weather condition. It is the eleven that have been kept in the park. The decision will be taken if the need arises.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
