Worcester: The under-fired Indian women’s team will be desperate to deal with vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s long-running performance as she seeks to prevent a 3-0 sweep of England in the final ODI here on Saturday.
After losing six of the last seven ODIs, the Mithali Raj-led side is finding it difficult to contain the rot as it faces the infamy of a one-sided series defeat after being thrashed by South African women on home soil.
While the bowlers put up their game with better performances in the second ODI, the batting once again let the team down and skipper Mithali stopped doing the heavy lifting, which is affecting her game as well.
One of the primary issues that has been overlooked in the last four years is Harmanpreet’s poor performance.
Harmanpreet, whose epic 171 against Australia in the 2017 World Cup, became a pivotal moment for the women’s game in the country, has since come to a boil.
In 28 women’s ODI matches (in which she did not bat six times) since the 2017 World Cup final against England, the Indian vice-captain has scored only two fifties and two scores in excess of 40, which is the most on the team. pressure is exerted. scoreboard.
With Mithali and Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma and Tania Bhatia not having the ability to play the power game, a lot of pressure is being put on opener Smriti Mandhana and teen sensation Shafali Verma.
For India, Mithali has scored back-to-back half-centuries with her strike rate in the 60s, but she was left with no option as in both the games, the Indian batsmen have splattered on dot balls like millionaires.
It will be interesting to see if coach Ramesh Powar has a solution for Harmanpreet’s lean patch and whether he thinks that might happen after this series, he will need to smell the coffee as the national team has been underperforming for years. Can’t stand the player.
In the first game itself, 181 dots were consumed against Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Nat Sciver, a bowling attack. kate cross and Sophie Ecclestone.
It has been relentless with its hard lines and it was Jhulan Goswami’s cameo that helped India cross 220 in Taunton.
With wicketkeeper Bhatia not being the most reliable batsman in the shorter format and Deepti unable to play the big shots at the end, it could again be up to Mandhana and Shafali, who scored half-centuries in Tests as well as in the second. Women’s ODI.
An exciting domestic talent, Indrani Roy should have been tried as a promoter, but Bhatia’s superior handling skills earned her the team vote.
In the bowling department, both Goswami and the leg-spinner Poonam Yadav Were brilliant but the scoreboard pressure was always on India, who were at least 40 runs short on a good batting track.
With Tammy Beaumont and Sciver in good form, home team captain Heather Knight would like to insult the injury as she scores big against the Indian attack.
Teams (from):
India: Mithali Raj (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, HarmanpreeKaur (vc), Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Arundhati Reddy, Puja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav , Poonam Yadav, Priya Punia, Indrani Roy (wk).
England: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Kate Cross, Nate Sciver, Sophia Dunkley, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Anya Shrubsole, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Amy Jones (wk), Freya Davies, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Maddy Villiers, Fran Wilson, Sarah Glenn, Emily Arlott, Tash Farrant.
After losing six of the last seven ODIs, the Mithali Raj-led side is finding it difficult to contain the rot as it faces the infamy of a one-sided series defeat after being thrashed by South African women on home soil.
While the bowlers put up their game with better performances in the second ODI, the batting once again let the team down and skipper Mithali stopped doing the heavy lifting, which is affecting her game as well.
One of the primary issues that has been overlooked in the last four years is Harmanpreet’s poor performance.
Harmanpreet, whose epic 171 against Australia in the 2017 World Cup, became a pivotal moment for the women’s game in the country, has since come to a boil.
In 28 women’s ODI matches (in which she did not bat six times) since the 2017 World Cup final against England, the Indian vice-captain has scored only two fifties and two scores in excess of 40, which is the most on the team. pressure is exerted. scoreboard.
With Mithali and Jemimah Rodrigues, Punam Raut, Deepti Sharma and Tania Bhatia not having the ability to play the power game, a lot of pressure is being put on opener Smriti Mandhana and teen sensation Shafali Verma.
For India, Mithali has scored back-to-back half-centuries with her strike rate in the 60s, but she was left with no option as in both the games, the Indian batsmen have splattered on dot balls like millionaires.
It will be interesting to see if coach Ramesh Powar has a solution for Harmanpreet’s lean patch and whether he thinks that might happen after this series, he will need to smell the coffee as the national team has been underperforming for years. Can’t stand the player.
In the first game itself, 181 dots were consumed against Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Nat Sciver, a bowling attack. kate cross and Sophie Ecclestone.
It has been relentless with its hard lines and it was Jhulan Goswami’s cameo that helped India cross 220 in Taunton.
With wicketkeeper Bhatia not being the most reliable batsman in the shorter format and Deepti unable to play the big shots at the end, it could again be up to Mandhana and Shafali, who scored half-centuries in Tests as well as in the second. Women’s ODI.
An exciting domestic talent, Indrani Roy should have been tried as a promoter, but Bhatia’s superior handling skills earned her the team vote.
In the bowling department, both Goswami and the leg-spinner Poonam Yadav Were brilliant but the scoreboard pressure was always on India, who were at least 40 runs short on a good batting track.
With Tammy Beaumont and Sciver in good form, home team captain Heather Knight would like to insult the injury as she scores big against the Indian attack.
Teams (from):
India: Mithali Raj (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut, HarmanpreeKaur (vc), Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Arundhati Reddy, Puja Vastrakar, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav , Poonam Yadav, Priya Punia, Indrani Roy (wk).
England: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Kate Cross, Nate Sciver, Sophia Dunkley, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Anya Shrubsole, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Amy Jones (wk), Freya Davies, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Maddy Villiers, Fran Wilson, Sarah Glenn, Emily Arlott, Tash Farrant.
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