India ladies’s head coach Amol Muzumdar has mentioned the Test wins at residence in opposition to England and Australia had been the “highest point” for his aspect throughout the gruelling season, the place India additionally misplaced seven out of 9 white-ball video games.
The coach additionally didn’t agree that skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was off form with the bat regardless of six consecutive single-digit scores, whereas conceding health, decision-making and DRS calls had been areas of concern for the aspect.
India misplaced the T20I sequence to England 1-2 earlier than taking place to Australia 0-3 and 1-2 in ODIs and T20Is respectively, however they excelled within the longest format, profitable the one-off Tests in opposition to the 2 sided by huge margins.
“The biggest positive is the girls have responded really nicely in all the formats. Whether it was Test cricket — we played Test cricket after nine years in India — not many had played red-ball cricket till then. Those two Test matches were the highest point,” Muzumdar mentioned throughout a media interplay at DY Patil Stadium after India misplaced the third and last T20I to Australia by seven wickets on Tuesday.
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Having taken cost of the crew shortly earlier than the beginning of the house season, Muzumdar conceded Indian gamers must work on their health and fielding, which was uncovered within the white-ball matches.
“We really need to, as I said earlier, focus on our fielding and our fitness. Hopefully, in the following months, I will get a chance to work on it,” he mentioned.
“Those are some areas where we have identified as a group that we need to raise the bar,” he mentioned.
Muzumdar added that India additionally must work on its decision-making abilities in addition to DRS calls.
“It’s just that we need to get used to it and we need to get better at it. With the (upcoming WPL) games, even if they (players) get used to taking it in the WPL, probably we might have a better understanding of the DRS,” he mentioned.
“At the moment, that’s one area where I’ve said before the series that it could be a game-changer, and I still maintain that. But we need to work on that,” he added.
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The head coach added he was proud of the way in which the squad managed 11 matches throughout codecs in 35 days in opposition to two opponents.
“It is quite a credit to all the girls who had a gruelling season. It was tough. We were playing England and we played Australia back-to-back and in different formats. I’m really happy that we’ve seen through the season.” “Not many, only Shubha Satheesh… that (injury) also happened on the day of the game and it was a finger injury. Really happy with the kind of work that has been put in throughout the season,” he added.
He mentioned fixed monitoring of gamers’ health was essential to avoiding accidents and well being points.
“We monitored everyone every alternate day. We kept a thorough check on what was happening with all the players, including the substitutes who were not playing.” Muzumdar didn’t agree that Harmanpreet was off form.
“I wouldn’t say (she is out of form) across formats. In Test matches, she got a 49 and then 44 not out. In the T20Is, it happens to every cricketer. She’s been a great player for India. I’m sure you’ll see some bright performances in the near future,” he added.
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