The previous couple of weeks have been difficult for Harmanpreet Kaur. Even although the Indian workforce created historical past by defeating England and Australia in solitary Tests final month, the captain has had a poor outing with the bat in white-ball cricket.
After managing scores of 26, 9 and 6 within the three T20Is in opposition to England, Harmanpreet’s woes continued within the just-concluded three-match ODI collection in opposition to Australia, with a tally of 17 runs.
However, as the house workforce gears up for the T20I collection in opposition to the identical opponent, starting on Friday on the DY Patil Stadium, the India captain is leaving no stone unturned to return to kind.
Over the final couple of days, she labored with head coach Amol Muzumdar on the psychological side and ensured she spent sufficient time within the nets. “Yesterday, we sat down to analyse my last few innings and he (Muzumdar) went through each and every delivery that I faced and wanted to find out what was going on in my mind at that time. He heard me patiently and today, I came and batted for an hour. He’s giving important pointers to each and everyone and all of us are trusting him,” Harmanpreet stated.
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Just just like the captain, the workforce, too, goals to maneuver on from a humiliating 0-3 defeat within the ODIs, and begin afresh. The ODIs uncovered India’s fielding vulnerabilities as a number of catches have been dropped in essential moments, and going forward, the workforce wants to make sure it doesn’t repeat related errors.
India’s tempo bowlers Renuka Singh Thakur and Pooja Vastrakar struggled within the ODIs, whereas high batters – barring Jemimah Rodrigues, who had scores of 82, 44 and 25 – couldn’t present resilience. And in an important T20I collection, the host wants to enhance its general recreation.
Australia, as admitted by its leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, will look to be ‘ruthless’ in opposition to the house workforce. In the ODIs, younger Phoebe Litchfield struck two fifties and a century, whereas Tahlia McGrath scored three fifties on a trot, and they’d be hoping to hold ahead that kind.
The groups (from)
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Mannat Kashyap, Saika Ishaque, Renuka Singh Thakur, Titas Sadhu, Pooja Vastrakar, Kanika Ahuja, Minnu Mani.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Heather Graham, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vc), Beth Mooney (wk), Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
Match begins at 7pm
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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