Teenage India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh, who hit a brisk 65 for a misplaced trigger within the second ODI in opposition to New Zealand on Tuesday, mentioned she prefers to play attacking recreation and maintain the scoreboard transferring.
The 18-year-old Ghosh slammed 65 off 64 balls with the assistance of six fours and a six to assist India put up an imposing 270 for six. Her captain Mithali Raj additionally hit 66 not out. But, New Zealand surpassed the goal with an over to spare to win the match by three wickets.
“When I am batting at number five, my role remains the same, to build a partnership and attack as per the team’s situation and I follow that. My game is simple, to attack and take singles and keep playing,” she mentioned on the post-match press convention.
“In the last game, I got dismissed in 20s (22), my mindset was how I can give my best to the team and take it to a good score,” mentioned Ghosh who batted at No. 6 on Tuesday.
The spotlight of the Indian innings was the 108-run stand Richa had with Raj for the fifth wicket. Richa mentioned she was eager to hold ahead the “good start” given by the openers — 61 in 11.1 overs between Sabbhineni Meghana (49) and Shafali Verma (24).
“The wicket was good and we had a great begin and I believed to hold it ahead. My mindset was to construct a partnership as a wicket had fallen, we tried to realize a goal, which we finally did,” Ghosh mentioned.
Asked what sort of dialog she had with skipper Raj in the course of the partnership, she mentioned, “It was about what must be performed and after what number of overs we have to hit… what number of singles we are able to take or once we can hit, it was a traditional dialog.
Ghosh, who hit her maiden ODI half century in her fifth match, mentioned her ankle obtained twisted when she tried to take a run however she is hopeful of recovering in time for the third ODI on Friday as there may be two-day relaxation.
The Bengal participant additionally mentioned that she began to focus extra on her preserving after the T20 World Cup.
“Before as a keeper, I didn’t focus a lot on preserving. But after the T20 World Cup, I began specializing in my preserving, greater than my batting.
“I am working with our fielding coach Joy Sir, then keep wickets, then bat and again keep wickets and we speak on how I can improve,” she mentioned, including that her efficiency in Australia and the WBBL additionally helped.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
