India Ladies’s Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana rejoice their partnership throughout the Semi-Closing match in opposition to Bangladesh Ladies’s within the Womens Asia Cup T20, 2024, at Rangiri Dambulla Worldwide Stadium in Dambulla on Friday.
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India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday (October 8, 2024) mentioned skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will likely be main the aspect in opposition to Sri Lanka within the Ladies’s T20 World Cup, having acquired retired harm within the earlier recreation on account of discomfort in her neck.
Harmanpreet had walked off the sector when she was batting on 29 in opposition to Pakistan on Sunday. India gained that recreation by six wickets however nonetheless face early elimination from the match following the loss to New Zealand of their opener.
“She [Harman] is doing positive and he or she will likely be positive for tomorrow,” Mandhana informed reporters.
Nevertheless, there isn’t any readability over the health standing of all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar who missed the Pakistan recreation.
“Pooja, I feel the medical staff remains to be engaged on her. So, the replace will come solely tomorrow throughout the match. However yeah, I do not assume I can say something in the intervening time,” mentioned Mandhana.
Circumstances totally different from our expectations
Mandhana, one of the best batter within the aspect, has didn’t get going up to now on the sluggish wickets of the UAE the place stroke making has proved to be extraordinarily robust.
India face Sri Lanka on Wednesday, a staff that surprised them within the Asia Cup remaining not so way back. They’re but to play Australia and their hopes of constructing the semifinals dangle by a thread.
India chased down 106 in 18.5 overs in opposition to Pakistan, aware of the run fee issue within the enterprise finish of the match.
“It [run rate] positively was final match, however as I mentioned, the situations are loads totally different to what you count on as a batter so you might be most likely considering to get that run fee excessive and likewise you firstly you must win the match first that is the primary precedence for us,” mentioned Mandhana.
“So, it’s a stability between looking for out what’s one of the best for the staff. In fact, you recognize within the final match I couldn’t like I began off positive however then afterward I consumed a number of dot balls which was a bit irritating for me…”
“…however yeah having mentioned that as batters we’ve got to be actually good we won’t we won’t simply go on the market considering that oh we’re going to tackle this bowling lineup and we’re simply going to cruise due to course the situations and the outfield is loads totally different,” she mentioned.
Mandhana mentioned situations within the match have been totally different from their expectations when requested about Harmanpreet going again to quantity 4 in opposition to Pakistan after batting at three in opposition to New Zealand.
“Undoubtedly the wicket situation, the bottom situations are loads totally different to what we thought once we got here right here. That is also a giant consideration [in deciding batter order],” she mentioned.
“The situations, I do not see any besides the New Zealand match, we have not seen any staff go over 140 in the entire match, 135-140, be it a day recreation or an evening recreation, says loads in regards to the situations,” she added.
Printed – October 09, 2024 01:09 am IST
