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  • India’s batting must be up if we’re aiming at ODI World Cup: Ramesh Powar

    Indian girls’s crew head coach Ramesh Powar is impressed with its fielding and bowling however says the facet should type out its batting woes whether it is to win subsequent 12 months’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand.
    Skipper Mithali Raj was the lone vibrant spot in a lacklustre batting efficiency by the Indian girls’s crew as they misplaced the three-match ODI collection in opposition to hosts England 1-2.
    “I think bowlers brought us back into the game. We have to learn lot many things from this series. I think fielding improved immensely, bowling has improved immensely, batting has to be up if we are aiming at the World cup,” Powar mentioned in a video posted by the BCCI on its twitter deal with.
    Mithali smashed three half-centuries within the three ODIs and have become the very best run-getter in girls’s cricket throughout codecs whereas guiding India to a comfort four-wicket win over England within the third and ultimate ODI right here on Saturday.
    “I think she deserves every praising word out there,” Powar mentioned of the India skipper, who made an unbeaten 75 off 86 balls in a profitable chase of 220.
    “She has been a fantastic servant of the game. 22 years of cricket and I think she is a role model for a lot of our girls. She has single-handedly won us the game. Chasing 220 on a low bounce track, she took us over the line.”
    The 43-year-old from Mumbai was additionally impressed by Sneh Rana, who made a 22-ball 24 and took one wicket throughout the third ODI, having returned to the format after seven years.
    “Sneh Rana is a find of this series. The way she was bowling at Southampton in practice session, we thought we should give her a chance. It was a difficult decision to play two off-spinners but she played her role to the core,” Powar mentioned.
    Rana had additionally scored a half-century on her Test debut to assist India draw the one-off match in opposition to England.
    “I am really happy for her, being an off-spinner I can see the talent, she is a player who can play in crunch situations and that’s what we needed right now, when the big tournaments or big series comes up, we need players of calibre who can take pressure,” Powar mentioned.
    Powar was additionally effusive in his reward for veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami.
    “I think Jhulan Goswami is one of the legends of women’s cricket and her ethics, preparations, commitment towards team, commitment towards dressing room and commitment towards young players, that makes a huge difference to us as a team.”
    India will subsequent tackle England in a three-match T20I collection starting at Northampton on Friday.

  • Shafali Verma upgraded to Grade B, BCCI reduces contracted gamers to 19 from 22

    Teen batting sensation Shafali Verma was on Wednesday promoted to Grade B within the BCCI’s annual contracts checklist because the cricket board diminished the variety of contracted gamers from 22 to 19.
    The Grade A which provides an annual retainer charges of Rs 50 lakh as soon as once more comprised of three all-format gamers — Twenty20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and leg break bowler Poonam Yadav.
    The Grade B has an annual retainer payment of Rs 30 lakh and veterans corresponding to Jhulan Goswami, Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma are amongst 10 gamers on this bracket.
    “Shafali is seen as the biggest superstars that we will have in years to come and hence it wasn’t a surprise that she got elevated to Grade B from C. Punam Raut was rewarded for her good show in the South Africa series and she has also been promoted to Grade B,” a senior BCCI official mentioned.
    Young Richa Ghosh has been included within the Grade C which makes gamers richer by Rs 10 lakh. It has has six cricketers this yr, 5 lower than the final time.
    The contracts are for a interval from October 2020 to September 2021.
    The two notable names dropped from the 19-strong checklist are batter Veda Krishnamurthy and left-arm spinner Ekta Bist.
    The others, who had been dropped embody Dayalan Hemlatha and spinner Anuja Patil, who featured within the final yr’s checklist.
    Grade A (Rs 50 lakh): Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav
    Grade B (Rs 30 lakh): Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Deepti Sharma, Punam Raut, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav, Shikha Pandey, Taniya Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues
    Grade C (Rs 10 lakh): Mansi Joshi, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Priya Punia, Richa Ghosh.

  • Indian ladies set to play Test in Australia after England

    Indian ladies’s cricket workforce is ready to play a Test in Australia after enjoying one in England subsequent month.
    India, who play their first Test in seven years from June 16 in England, will play one other one through the tour of Australia. They may even play ODI and T20I matches Down Under.
    India final performed a Test towards Australia in 2006.
    “England and Australia are the two teams that still play Tests and going forward you will see a Test slotted in when they visit India or when India tour the two countries,” a BCCI official informed PTI on Tuesday.
    “The idea was floated on the sidelines of the men’s pink ball Test and later discussed in the Apex Council meeting (last month).”
    The tour of Australia isn’t but introduced however Australian pacer Megan Schutt stated earlier this month the collection is deliberate for mid-September.
    The Indian squad assembles in Mumbai on Wednesday forward of the UK tour comprising a Test in Bristol, adopted by three ODIs and as many T20Is.
    The workforce will quarantine for 2 weeks earlier than flying out to UK with the boys’s workforce.

  • India’s tour of England: Shafali, Shikha in all groups, Indrani Roy will get maiden call-up

    Rookie wicketkeeper-batter Indrani Roy from Jharkhand was rewarded with maiden Test and ODI call-up for India’s tour of England subsequent month however senior left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad missed out as she is recovering from COVID-19.
    The 29-year-old Gayakwad can be nursing an harm.
    The Neetu David-led choice panel made a course correction with teen batting sensation Shafali Verma and seasoned pacer Shikha Pandey making it to all three squads after their South Africa house collection snubs.
    “This time Neetu and her colleagues didn’t go for any outrageous experiments. Shafali and Shikha were two of the earliest names listed in all three squads. There was one Swetha Verma of UP whose name was discussed but it was found that she hasn’t even scored 200 runs in a season,” a supply near developments informed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
    Sneh Rana and Indrani had been two stellar performers within the National One Day competitors and thus bought their call-ups.
    The controversial picks of the final time like Monica Patel, C Prathyusha have been dropped from the squad altogether within the staff choice assembly which was keenly adopted by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
    Indrani was rewarded for her string of scores which included 103 towards Chattisgarh, 86 towards Karnataka and 49 towards Railways within the closing.
    Rana on her half was the ‘Player of the Final’ for her all-round present whereas representing Indian Railways.
    As anticipated Mithali Raj will lead the staff for the one-off Test and three ODIs whereas Harmanpreet Kaur will take over the reins through the three T20 Internationals.
    Test & ODI Squad: Mithali Raj (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav.
    T20I Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain) Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia (wicket-keeper), Indrani Roy (wicket-keeper), Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simran Dil Bahadur.

  • India amongst six groups to qualify for ladies’s T20 at 2022 Commonwealth Games

    India is amongst six groups which have certified for the ladies’s T20 competitors of the 2022 Commonwealth Games as cricket returns for the second time within the multi-sporting occasion.
    The six qualifiers who be part of house crew England within the eight-team T20 competitors are Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and a rustic from the West Indies.
    They have secured qualification on account of their standings within the ICC crew rankings on April 1.
    “As per the qualification course of, the winner of a delegated Qualifying occasion will decide which nation from the Caribbean area will get to take part as athletes will likely be representing their particular person nations and never the West Indies as they’d at ICC occasions.

    Teams which have certified for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games 🎉#B2022 pic.twitter.com/sYJqUJPHxl
    — ICC (@ICC) April 26, 2021
    “The last participating team will be decided through a Qualifying tournament to be held by 31 January 2022, details of which will be announced in due course,” stated the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a press release on Monday.
    Women’s cricket options within the Games for the primary time in 22 editions and cricket for under the second time ever, the primary event being a males’s ODI competitors in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, when South Africa gained.
    The Commonwealth Games cricket match will happen on the iconic Edgbaston Stadium, with tickets set to go on sale later this 12 months.
    India captain Harmanpreet Kaur stated, “It’s nice to be confirmed a spot within the Commonwealth Games. We are raring to go, assured of doing properly after having made the ultimate of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia final 12 months.
    “It is an awesome opportunity for both the women’s game and cricket to make a mark at the prestigious multi-discipline Games and we hope to return with loads of good memories.”
    ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice added: “We are extremely proud and excited to be a part of Birmingham 2022 and it’s a unbelievable alternative for us to proceed to develop the ladies’s sport globally.
    “We are committed to maintaining the momentum that saw 86,174 fans packed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup last year and Birmingham 2022 gives us another global stage on which to showcase the women’s game.”

  • I liked enjoying attacking recreation ever since I began holding a bat: Shafali Verma

    Aggressive batting comes naturally to her, declared world’s primary T20I batswoman Shafali Verma on Tuesday after powering India to a simple nine-wicket win over South Africa within the third and last match right here.
    The 17-year-old, who regained the primary spot within the ICC T20I batswomen rankings on Tuesday, was named participant of the collection after knocks of 23, 47 and 60.
    “I always practise (power-hitting) and work hard on my batting. Ever since I started holding a bat, I have loved to play attackingly. That’s how it works for me,” the big-hitting Shafali mentioned after the match.
    Asked about regaining the primary spot within the ICC T20I rankings, she merely mentioned, “I just try to do well and win matches for my team.”
    Her 60 on Tuesday got here from simply 30 balls and was studded with seven fours and 5 sixes.

    5⃣0⃣! 👏👏
    Sensational stuff that is from @TheShafaliVerma as she brings up her third T20I half-century in 26 balls. 👍👍 @Paytm #INDWvSAW #GroupIndia
    Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/TMhte1veQD pic.twitter.com/nLunq3AQjy
    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 23, 2021
    India, nevertheless, misplaced the three-match T20I collection 1-2. They had additionally misplaced the previous five-match ODI collection 1-4.
    India captain Smriti Mandhana credited the third match win to workforce effort.
    “It was a good show overall. The bowlers did exceptionally well, and Shafali then just stole the show. This victory belongs to the bowlers,” Mandhana, who carried her bat with an unbeaten 48 off 28 balls, mentioned.
    Asked if toss, which India received on Tuesday, was too vital, she mentioned, “Definitely not. We had been just about within the recreation yesterday (second match) until the very finish.
    “Yes, toss is important but can’t use that as an excuse. We lagged behind in the first two games, so I’m proud that we bounced back strong tonight. After losing the series, it needs a lot of motivation to play like we did tonight.”

    A thumping win! 👏👏
    Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s 3⃣ wickets & @TheShafaliVerma & @mandhana_smriti‘s beautiful batting show energy #GroupIndia to a 9⃣-wicket win within the third & last T20I of the collection. 👍👍@Paytm #INDWvSAW
    Scorecard 👉 https://t.co/TMhte1veQD pic.twitter.com/KgGbtAE5J2
    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 23, 2021
    She mentioned Tuesday’s win was vital for our future assignments.
    South Africa captain Sune Luus mentioned it was a “magical” tour as they may beat India on house turf.
    “I don’t think anyone expected us to take two series wins home. So it’s a special moment for us irrespective of how we fared tonight. The management and players can be extremely proud. It’s been a magical tour,” she mentioned.
    “It’s important for youngsters to get opportunities. We aren’t always going to have our senior players around. So it’s important for these players to learn while they’re there.”
    Luus lauded Shafali for her attacking cricket and predicted that the Indian teenager will turn out to be a legend of the sport.
    “When she (Shafali) plays like today, it’s very difficult to stop her. She is going to be a legend of the game.”

  • South Africa Women beat India Women by 6 wickets in 2nd T20I

    Indian girls dished out an outstanding batting effort however their bowling colleagues did not step up as South Africa girls registered a series-clinching six-wicket win in a final ball thriller within the second T20 International right here on Sunday.
    Shafali Verma (47) blasted six fours and two sixes in her 31-ball innings and solid a 79-run stand with Harleen Deol (31) to set the muse whereas Richa Ghosh offered the late cost with a 26-ball 44 not out to assist India submit a aggressive 158 for 4 after being put in to bat.
    Chasing the goal, Lizelle Lee smashed a 45-ball 70 studded with 11 fours and a six, whereas Laura Wolvaardt slammed an unbeaten 39-ball 53 as South Africa romped dwelling within the final ball.
    Defending the entire, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad removed Anne Bosch (2) early however Lee starred in two essential partnerships, including 58 with skipper Sune Luus (20) after which 50 with Laura to maintain them within the hunt.
    Once Luus was run out by Deepti Sharma (0/31) and Lee was caught and bowled by Radha Yadav (1/25), Laura took the onus on herself to take the workforce dwelling.
    Defending 19 off 12 balls, Harleen dismissed du Preez (10) within the first ball however she conceded two fours, leaving Arundhati Reddy 9 to defend within the final over.
    Needing six off final two balls, Reddy bowled a no ball which modified the complexion of the sport as Laura took the workforce dwelling within the final ball.
    Earlier, opener Shafali set the platform whereas Ghosh offered the final touch as India Women posted a aggressive 158 for 4.
    Invited to bat, skipper Smriti Mandhana (7) as soon as once more fell early as she chased an out of doors supply from Ismail solely to edge it to the keeper within the second over.
    Shafali, who seemed watchful initially, smashed three fours within the fourth over to place the bowlers below strain.
    New batter Harleen Doel, who scored a fifty within the first T20I, despatched Khaka throughout the backward level for her first boundary as India scored 31 for one within the first 5 overs.
    Shafali then welcomed Nadine de Klerk with a straight hit throughout the fence earlier than unleashing an enormous heave for a six as India ended the powerplay at 41 for one.
    Shafali bought a life when she was dropped by Anne Bosch within the seventh over. Harleen then took Anne to the cleaners with back-to-back boundaries.
    In the tenth over, each Shafali and Harleen scored a boundary every as Nadine de Klerk condeded 14 runs.
    The India opener then despatched N Mlaba for a six with a slog sweep however the bowler got here again to scrub her up within the final ball with Shafali searching for one other slog within the leg-side.
    Harleen too departed after she was caught by Ismail off Anne within the subsequent over.
    Ghosh smashed three fours, whereas Jemimah Rodrigues (16) hit one as India amassed 18 runs off the 14th over bowled by Sune Luus.
    After Rodrigues departed, Ghosh slammed 4 extra boundaries to take India to a aggressive rating.
    For South Africa, Shabnim Ismail (1/31), Nonkululeko Mlaba (1/27), Nadine de Klerk (1/28) and Anne Bosch (1/26) have been among the many wickets.
    Brief scores:
    India Women: 158 for 4 in 20 overs (Shafali Verma 47, Richa Ghosh 44 not out, Harleen Deol 31; Nonkululeko Mlaba 1/27).
    South Africa Women: 159 for 4 in 20 0vers (Lizelle Lee 70, Laura Wolvaardt 53 not out; Rajeshwari Gayakwad 1/20).

  • 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.

  • South Africa seal ODI collection 4-1, give India a lot to consider forward of World Cup

    South Africa added salt to India’s wounds by registering a five-wicket win over the hosts within the low-scoring fifth and last ladies’s ODI to seal the collection 4-1 on Wednesday.
    Mithali Raj performed a captain’s knock by hitting a well-crafted 79 not out however it was solely sufficient to take India to 188 all out.
    South Africa then rode on Anneke Bosch (58) and Mignon du Preez’s (57) half-centuries to chase down the goal in 48.2 overs.
    The collection marked India’s return to worldwide cricket after 12 months. They have been naturally rusty to begin with and by the top of the collection, it appeared that they’ve quite a lot of work to do in the event that they need to be title contenders for the World Cup early subsequent yr.
    The batting wants extra firepower and bowling issues too should be addressed as spinners, historically India’s power, struggled towards South Africa.
    Coming again after a protracted break, the India gamers had solely a handful of coaching periods forward of the collection as in addition they needed to endure a compulsory one week quarantine.
    “Clearly, we do need some camps before series. We were underprepared, coming from a gap. The batting unit tried to improve consistently match by match. Our spinners need to improve,” stated Mithali on the post-match presentation.
    “Other than the result, it’s been a good series for us. Exposure for the young players, and opportunity to those players looking for rhythm. Congratulations to South Africa for doing so well in our conditions,” she added.

    5⃣5⃣th ODI fifty for @M_Raj03! 👏👏
    2⃣nd half-century of the collection for #GroupIndia captain.👍👍 @Paytm #INDWvSAW
    Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/HGSBgKF68c pic.twitter.com/RzGNTCqbum
    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 17, 2021
    South Africa’s chase acquired off to a disastrous begin because the guests misplaced their prime three batters together with skipper Sune Luus (10) for simply 27 runs.
    Du Preez (57) and Bosch (58) the stabilised South Africa’s run chase with a 96-run partnership for the fourth wicket earlier than Indian bowlers pulled issues again, dismissing each the set batters in fast succession.
    At that stage South Africa have been 131 for 5, nonetheless needing 58 runs in 13 overs for a win.
    While Bosch’s knock was laced with eight fours and got here off 70 balls, du Preez was a tad slower as she took 10 balls for her innings and struck simply 4 boundaries within the course of.
    Marizanne Kapp (36 not out) and Nadine de Klerk (19 not out), nevertheless, ensured there was no additional hiccups because the duo shared unbeaten 58 runs for the sixth wicket to information South Africa residence.
    For India, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad picked up three wickets conceding simply 13 runs off her 10 overs.
    Earlier, Mithali steered India’s innings after India misplaced three early wickets with the scoreboard studying 53 within the thirteenth over.
    Together with Harmanpreet Kaur (30), who retired harm on account of an harm, Mithali shared 71 runs for the fourth wicket earlier than the previous left the bottom within the thirty first over.

    #GroupIndia ODI vice-captain @ImHarmanpreet has walked off the sector. @Paytm #INDWvSAW
    We are hoping to see her again in motion quickly.
    Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/HGSBgKF68c pic.twitter.com/ciOqOgA6Py
    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 17, 2021
    India misplaced opener Priya Punia (18) early earlier than India’s star batswoman of the collection Punam Raut (10) and Smriti Mandhana (18) departed in successive overs.
    Dayalan Hemalatha (2) and Sushma Verma (0) failed to offer the much-needed assist to Mithali because the veteran Indian batter introduced up her second fifty of the collection and fifty fifth total in 78 balls within the thirty eighth over.
    Jhulan Goswami (5) and Monica Patel (9) too didn’t bother the scorers a lot as Mithali stored India’s innings going single-handedly.
    Debutant Challuru Prathyusha (2) additionally did not make a mark as India slumped to 176 for eight by the top of the forty seventh over.

    Earlier Today:
    The pleasure of receiving your #GroupIndia cap from the legendary @M_Raj03! 😀
    Welcome to worldwide cricket, Challuru Prathyusha! 👍👍@Paytm #INDWvSAW
    Follow the match 👉 https://t.co/HGSBgKF68c pic.twitter.com/sWyrgvje0R
    — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 17, 2021
    Mithali was left stranded at one hand as India stored on dropping wickets at common intervals and have been bowled out in 49.3 overs.
    Medium pacer de Klerk was the choose of the bowlers for South Africa with figures of three for 35. PTI

  • ‘I try to stay relevant’: Mithali Raj after scoring 10,000 worldwide runs

    Indian captain Mithali Raj on Friday mentioned she has all the time seemed to evolve and keep related in a altering girls’s recreation, an method that has introduced her 10,000 runs throughout codecs in worldwide cricket.
    The 38-year-old veteran ODI skipper, who has been taking part in within the top-flight for greater than twenty years, is the primary Indian girl cricketer and second internationally to succeed in the milestone.
    Mithali achieved the feat with a boundary off Anne Bosch within the twenty eighth over of India’s innings throughout the third ODI towards South Africa right here.
    “As long as I get an opportunity to bat, it has to be counted and that has given me a lot of experience and exposure to work on my game over the years with the changing standards in women’s game and trying to be relevant in the international circuit,” Mithali mentioned.
    The ODI captain mentioned being constant mattered extra to her than particular person milestones.
    “When you play for this long, you go through different milestones. This being one of it, the key for me has always been consistency and I have always believed in scoring runs each time I go out to bat, whether it is domestic or international cricket,” she mentioned.
    South African opener Lizelle Lee single-handedly destroyed India’s probabilities with a career-best unbeaten 132 as the house crew misplaced by six runs by way of the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) methodology within the rain-marred third ODI of the five-match collection.
    Asked what she meant by staying related in worldwide cricket, Mithali mentioned, “I feel being related goes with the instances, girls’s cricket has developed over time.
    “Teams are scoring 250 and about, you need to tune your game accordingly. I have not really given much of a thought to any of the milestones. One milestone which will truly stand out is if we go on to win the world cup, that will always be very very special.”
    About the efficiency of the spinners, she mentioned there was a must work on consistency, including it was not worrisome.
    “Well, see what we have to work on is consistency, and it’s not worrisome. They will get again to the kind of rhythm that they had earlier than the pandemic.
    “But sure, clearly when you’ve gotten a batting monitor, when you’ve gotten tracks which aren’t aiding the spinners, in order that they have little or no (scope), you realize making an attempt variations.
    “I guess it is important for them to work on these things, have a lot of plans, our spin attack is experienced, it is not that they are young or novice, so clearly I am sure they will work on these things in the coming games.”
    The Indian ODI skipper additionally burdened on having batters who can speed up within the final 10 overs of an innings.
    “Well, we positively must have batters taking part in the final 10 overs as a result of clearly the kind of recreation {that a} batter has, the decrease or tail-ender might not, so it will be significant that we have now the batters taking part in the final 10 overs and a settled batter will all the time be very useful in these instances.
    “Yes we have players like Harman (Harmanpreet Kaur) and Deepti (Sharma) and it is just a matter of few innings that they will come good in those 10 overs,” she added.