Women’s cricket in India will try to find a new direction after the ICC Women’s World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3. Current captain Mithali Raj, in her 22nd year of international cricket and Jhulan Goswami in her 20th year in international cricket, is in her 40s and is hoping to have some magic in New Zealand, with her team competing against Australia and England. Apple upset the kart, and a first for hosts New Zealand to win the title.
The duo, despite their advanced years, still playing competitive cricket at the highest level, reflects their enthusiasm, but it also points to the other side of the system that fails to find replacements for the aging giants. Used to be. It is to the great credit that Jhulan, who is a new ball operator and bowls at a fast medium pace, is still in awe and admiration by his colleagues and opponents, but he must be a tired cricketer and only for the last prize. The dream has kept him inside. Play. Same is the case with Mithali, who now holds almost all personal records.
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The ICC Women’s World Cup, which begins in March, will focus on women in blue and Mithali and Jhulan. His mood will be clear from the outcome of the white-ball series against New Zealand.
Things are looking much better for the team now heading towards the big event. But the coronavirus pandemic hampered his preparations by not allowing him to play for 15 months. After winning the three-match series against West Indies in Antigua in November 2019, he did not get an opportunity to play competitive ODIs until the home series against South Africa in Lucknow in March 2021. India lost that series 1-4.
The defeat was a major blow to South Africa without some top players, but the BCCI left no stone unturned to schedule all-format series in England and Australia to provide match opportunities for the team. India played three ODIs each against England and Australia, winning two and losing four; All under Ramesh Powar as coach. Apart from a total of six ODIs, India played one Test match each against England and Australia (pink ball under lights) and three Twenty20 Internationals against both teams. They also played three T20Is against South Africa in Lucknow and lost 1-2.
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So, played 22 international matches after the West Indies tour across India. They also played five T20 World Cup matches in Australia and lost by 85 runs to the home team in the final.
Some members of the Indian team also showcased their talent in The Hundred in England and the Women’s BBL in Australia.
The Indian team will play five ODIs against New Zealand at Napier, Nelson and Queenstown from February 11-24 after the T20 International in Napier on February 9. This will help the team management in planning the World Cup. They will begin their campaign against Pakistan on March 6 at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.
The Indian team has been selected and is notably absent. They are Poonam Raut, Jemima Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey. No reason has been given as to why the selection committee did not consider the names of these three players.
As far as the World Cup is concerned, India is the contender for this title. They lost to England in the 2017 final in England. Former India all-rounder and captain Shubhangi Kulkarni believes that every player has to contribute if the team is to win the cup.
“If India has to win the cup, everyone has to play their part. As far as the batting is concerned, we will see Smriti Mandhana, Mithali, Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma to lead the team with their experience. Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh and Yastika Bhatia are a bit inexperienced but have shown great potential. Harman has played some great innings in the first World Cup and this time too he will be expected to strengthen the middle order which has not been consistent in the last few series. News18,
Shubhangi further added: “Two areas that have been a cause for concern while batting all these years – the number of dot balls and running between wickets – need to be addressed. We don’t always need to play big shots. We can easily get a good total if we keep getting another two and wait for a loose delivery for a big one. It is absolutely necessary to rotate the strike. ,
Coming to the bowling department, he felt that Shikha could have been included with her full experience. “The World Cup is a huge stage and I think we need experience especially to reach the final stage. Jhulan Goswami (medium pacer) has been exceptional, and we will be relying on him to give us early breakthroughs, but on New Zealand pitches, we will need other medium pacers to perform. Our spinners are experienced and have worked in the past, and we expect them to play their part in this World Cup as well. Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana can contribute with the bat as well. I will go with an expert keeper – Tania Bhatia – to take advantage of any opportunity that comes our way to put pressure on the opposition.”
India has played 35 ODIs since the 2017 World Cup final, winning 18 and losing 17. They could not make enough totals while batting first and hence lost 14 matches. He won 12 matches batting second. Obviously, their top order and middle order will have to rise to the occasion in New Zealand.
India’s best opening pair since the last World Cup has been Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, Smriti and Jemima and Smriti and Poonam. Batting first, these three pairs have been part of the opening partnership above 31 times. And Jemima and Poonam are also not in the team. Chasing the target, Smriti and Jemimah have been India’s best players in the last four years with three century partnerships.
Smriti has scored 5.46 runs per over (4.90 while batting first and 5.98 while batting second) since the last World Cup. Harmanpreet scored 4.10 per over, Jemimah scored 4.13 per over, Tania Bhatia scored 4.31 per over and Shafali scored 4.43.
Only time will tell whether it was the right decision to exclude senior players like Poonam, Shikha and Jemimah from the marquee event. Players, coaches and the BCCI know that slow scoring in the middle order affects batting first, and this is one area the batsmen have to improve upon, especially towards the end of the tournament.
The World Cup is a big stage that should motivate Smriti, Shafali and Harmanpreet to make their performances count. There are others who can surprise one or two, but these are three stroke players and hitters and so they have a chance to lead the way.
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