Harmanpreet Kaur dominated out of T20I opener in opposition to South Africa with hip difficulty

India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has been dominated out of the opening ladies’s T20 International of the three-match sequence in opposition to South Africa right here because of an harm, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana stated on Friday.
Harmanpreet suffered a hip-flexor harm whereas batting within the fifth ODI in opposition to the identical opponents on Wednesday.
The sequence opener will probably be held on Saturday.
“She (Harmanpreet) is out of tomorrow’s match and rest of the update on her condition will be given by the medical team,” Mandhana, a left-handed opener, stated throughout a digital pre-match press convention.
India had been outplayed by South Africa within the ladies’s ODI sequence with the guests pocketing the rubber 1-4.But Mandhana stated the ODI sequence is a factor of the previous as their focus shifts to the T20 rubber.
“We will try to forget the ODIs and focus on the T20 series. Yes, the ODI series was a disappointment but we need to forget that and move ahead. Some new faces have come in the team, so we need to think fresh,” Mandhana stated.
“We had a dialogue on easy methods to go about our preparation, what went incorrect within the ODI sequence and easy methods to go ahead.
We now want to focus on the T20s. We at the moment are wanting on the ODI sequence as a preparation for T20 sequence.”
The Indian ladies had been very sloppy within the area through the ODI sequence and Mandhana harassed on engaged on that side of the sport.
“We have been in the process in the last 3-4 years. Few catches haave dropped in the ODis, but we need to get on with a fresh mind in the T20 series and leave behind the ODI series disappointment,” she stated.
She additionally identified that the spinners, India’s largest power, want to drag up their socks within the T20 sequence.
“Spinners are our biggest stregnth. Definitely, they (spinners) were not bad but inconsistent in their bowling (in the ODI series). But if we keep pitching the ball in the same areas, it will become difficult for batters,” Mandhana stated.