India Women head coach Amol Muzumdar sees the continued WPL 2024 as a chance to broaden the workforce’s assets.
“I would want another pool of 20-25 players to create a bench strength for the Indian team,” he mentioned whereas commentating on the sport between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Giants on Tuesday night. “Four fast bowlers played the last series, I want to create a pool of fast bowlers [from the WPL]. It makes a lot of difference if you strengthen the bowling attack.”
Muzumdar took over as head coach late final yr simply earlier than the house collection in opposition to England and Australia. India gained every of the one-off Tests in opposition to them however misplaced all of the white-ball collection which included the same scoreline of 2-1 within the T20I collection to England and Australia, together with a 3-0 thrashing from Australia within the ODIs.
The 4 quicks who performed within the white-ball matches had been Renuka Singh, Titas Sadhu and the allrounders Pooja Vastrakar and Amanjot Kaur. For the Tests India additionally had Meghna Singh within the squad however she did not get to play both of the video games. India might really feel a lightness of their tempo assault since Jhulan Goswami retired in 2022. They additionally seem to have moved on from the skilled Shikha Pandey. who made a quick comeback in T20Is in early 2023 however hasn’t performed any of their latest video games.
Speaking of gamers equivalent to Saika Ishaque and Shreyanka Patil, promising abilities who can stand up the WPL pathway and push for a everlasting spot within the India facet, Muzumdar additionally lauded Sajeevan Sajana, who gained Mumbai Indians the opening sport of this WPL with a first-ball six on the final ball of the sport once they wanted 5 to win.
“Sajana’s six gives you an idea of the depth in Indian cricket,” he mentioned.
An unknown title who did not want the WPL to win a nationwide cap is Karnataka batter Satheesh Shubha. She made her debut within the Test match in opposition to England and struck a highly-composed half-century however missed the sport in opposition to Australia due to damage. Muzumdar mentioned he had noticed her throughout a warm-up match forward of the house season and instantly determined to play her on the worldwide stage.
“I organised a match at the NCA here at the Chinnaswamy Stadium,” he mentioned. “It was a four-day warm-up match and she (Shubha) did very well there – she scored 99 and 50. She’s a left-hander and bats well at No. 3. After seeing her in the nets I had decided to bat her at No. 3. Not many players had seen her at the time.
“I’ll thank Harman (India captain Harmanpreet Kaur) as a result of she agreed for the decision instantly.”
Muzumdar added that India had held a camp before their two most recent assignments, with particular focus on the fitness and fielding. “In the primary assembly earlier than the England and Australia collection we had cleared that health and fielding are non-negotiable. Every participant is working in the direction of it, it is not simply discuss. There’s clear considering and planning behind it.”
After five games in the second season of the WPL, Muzumdar was pleased to see the runs being scored from some of the India batters, such as S Meghana (RCB), Richa Ghosh (RCB) and Shafali Verma (Delhi Capitals).
“There is an upscale motion in India’s batters,” he said. “The confidence from these two collection in opposition to England and Australia is on show due to how they carried out there.”
Before the WPL had began, Harmanpreet had additionally mentioned the uncapped gamers can use the WPL as a platform to interrupt into the India squad with a T20 World Cup arising in September-October in Bangladesh.
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