India captain Mithali Raj and senior pacer Jhulan Goswami on Wednesday stated top-order batters have not been performing to the extent that’s anticipated of them however expressed hope that they’d make amends quickly within the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup.
India have been bundled out for 134 by struggling defending champions England, who managed to overtake the goal in 31.2 overs with 4 wickets to spare in a league stage on Wednesday. This was England’s first win after three consecutive losses that threw their title protection into disarray.
“We positively did not have partnership on the high of order, regardless of getting what we wished after shedding the toss. The considered placing 200+, the match may have gone both methods,” Raj stated after the loss that got here simply after an enormous win over the West Indies within the earlier match wherein Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur scored lots of.
“Every recreation as a fielding unit we’re doing nicely and we hope to proceed to try this. Batting is a priority however we’ll attempt to tackle that within the subsequent match, we’re taking part in a group that hasn’t misplaced to anybody,” she added in regards to the conflict in opposition to mighty Australia subsequent.
The view was echoed by Goswami within the post-math press convention. “Honestly speaking, at this moment, yes our top order, the way we are thinking, they haven’t fired but I am sure you will have to be positive about that, because they have done really well in the past,” she stated .
“…the way we have been thinking, they have not batted, but I am very much hopeful they are going to come back hard in the next game,” Goswami added. Despite the defeat, India saved their third place within the eight-team standings with 4 factors from two wins and as many losses. England moved up one place to sixth with two factors from 4 matches.
“Because everybody wants to do well and this is the biggest platform, everybody wants to do well and contribute to the team. Again I am very much hopeful that they are going to come back stronger in the next game,” added Goswami, who picked up his 250th ODI wicket within the recreation.
Prodded additional on whether or not there was any technique in place to keep away from such collapses, she stated, “There is not any resolution to it. It is a course of and the sport goes prefer it. “Some day the top-order won’t work, some day the center order won’t work; that is how this recreation has been performed. In bowling additionally, sooner or later bowlers won’t bowl nicely, some others will come and help , that’s the manner this recreation has been performed.
“But definitely it is a learning process, every day we try to address certain issues, we will definitely solve these issues and come back strongly,” the tempo spearhead defined.
Goswami additionally stated that the group was upset at not with the ability to full its share of fifty overs whereas batting.
“Definitely, we had a plan to play 300 balls, however sadly we couldn’t play the complete 50 overs. Definitely, we needed to pay a worth for it. Our goal was to succeed in 240 or 250 at par.
“If we could have reached there, we could have restricted them, but in cricket, some days it happens, you plan very well, but some things don’t work in your way,” the right-arm pacer defined.
“You have to know you might be taking part in in opposition to top-of-the-line sides (in) England, they’ve executed very well prior to now few years. Unfortunately at the moment, we couldn’t execute our plan correctly,” she maintained.
On getting 250 ODI scalps personally, Goswami stated, “When I started, I never thought about it, I just wanted to go there and express myself all the time.”
India, who’ve now suffered two losses within the marquee match, and can subsequent play table-toppers Australia on March 19 at Auckland.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
