IND vs AUS: Harmanpreet’s nine-over spell on the third day was the turning level, says Sneh Rana

India girls cricketers featured in a Test match on the iconic Wankhede Stadium for the primary time in forty years, and Sneh Rana made it memorable. After claiming three wickets within the first innings to derail the Australian staff, she adopted it up with a four-fer within the second essay to pave the best way for India’s eight-wicket win.

For the off-spinner retaining issues easy was the important thing. “The preparations were simple, we had no need to experiment a lot because red-ball cricket is a long game. We kept it simple, we were calm and I have always prepared to bowl in my channels,” she stated on Sunday. “I back my strengths and in these two games, I tried to do the same.”

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In the one-off Test towards England final week, Rana had claimed two wickets, however she returned strongly towards the Australian staff and was adjudged the participant of the match. While she was blissful to have contributed to the staff’s success, Rana credited Harmanpreet Kaur’s nine-over spell on the third day because the ‘turning point of the game’.

At a time when the bowlers had been being made to toil, Harmanpreet introduced herself into the assault and claimed two key wickets of Tahlia McGrath and Alyssa Healy.

That broke Australia’s momentum and introduced India into the sport. “We were not thinking much and wanted to stay in the present. Harman di’s two wickets were the turning point of the game,” she stated.

In 2021, when India performed a Test match towards England, Rana made her comeback, despite the fact that she missed out on the one-off Test towards Australia. But when a possibility got here her means after a few years, she made the many of the alternative.

“Test cricket is the real format and everyone rates it highly, we are very fortunate to have got to play two back to back Tests in home conditions. I hope that we keep getting more Tests and it will be better for the future generations (of players) as well.”

She additionally heaped reward on head coach Amol Muzumdar, who took cost a month-and-a-half in the past. “As Harman di said, he had an important role in the team. He has been a very experienced player and all his inputs have been good. We have tried to follow that and the result can be seen in the last two Tests,” she stated.

“We are very thankful that he has come on as a coach. In the future too we hope to continue doing well under him.”