Bowling coach Salvi asks India to 'keep united, consider in talents' forward of blockbuster Pakistan conflict

Indian crew members rejoice the wicket of New Zealand’s Georgia Plimmer throughout the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and New Zealand at Dubai Worldwide Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.
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Forward of their most anticipated match towards Pakistan within the ongoing Girls’s T20 World Cup 2024, India bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi requested his facet to “keep united, and consider of their talents.”

Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium will host the blockbuster conflict between India and Pakistan on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur’s facet are coming into this match after conceding a disappointing 58-run loss towards New Zealand of their marketing campaign opener of the event.

Talking on the pre-match press convention, Salvi stated that the match towards their arch rivals Pakistan is a recent alternative for the Girls in Blue. He added that the crew administration solely asks the crew to remain robust.

“The following recreation is a recent alternative for us. The women have gone via the grind and have been via this [similar results] earlier than. We solely inform them to remain robust, keep united, and consider in our talents and plans,” Salvi stated.

The bowling coach additionally praised India’s fielding efforts towards New Zealand and stated that there was a variety of enchancment.

“We now have been engaged on it. Should you see the outcomes, the errors are lesser than what it was earlier So there was a variety of enchancment in that facet. Should you see the best way we fielded yesterday, barring just a few moments and a few deliveries, the remainder of the time the velocity of the women was excellent, the angle slicing was good and the best way they have been shifting throughout the sector, that was nice,” he added.

Group India have been positioned in Group A of the distinguished event together with New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

India Girls Squad: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Yastika Bhatia, S Sajana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Radha Yadav. (ANI)