Chelmsford: Indian women’s cricket team coach Ramesh Powar Said a “conceptual change” is needed to convert the side into a “fearless unit” in white-ball games as he reflects on back-to-back series defeats to England.
Indian women lost both the women’s ODI and WT20I series, which ended by equal 1-2 margins on Wednesday and coach Powar called for a change in mindset or some new middle-order batsmen who “mold” according to the team ethos. can go.
Save Captain Mithali Raj, whose strike rate is also not the most impressive, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma among others, Tania Bhatia, and Punam Raut have struggled.
Powar said at the end of the series, “Mithali is batting well but we need the support of at least one more batsman to put pressure on the opponents in the middle order after the powerplay.”
However, he feels that an ideological shift needs time and it cannot happen overnight.
The former India off-spinner said, “We have to be fearless. I can’t force them in the first series. They are playing with some ideology and we can’t make drastic changes. We have to assess what suits them.” does.”
“To get them out of this (the current slow batting in the middle overs) (we) have to convince them and to do that, it takes a lot of communication. How modern is fearless Cricket will be played.”
Powar acknowledged that molding efforts have not worked so far.
Powar was ready to read the riot act, “There are two ways. Either draft them in (the current lot) or the other middle-order players.
“This time we tried a few combinations and it didn’t work and going forward, we can try something new, bring in new players, mold them.”
Powar indicated that till the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand, he will try to work with the resources available. Although he did not take any names, he was disappointed as no other fast bowler was picked except Jhulan Goswami.
“Till the World Cup, we need to find a way to get the middle order where we can say they can definitely get us 250. It is up to all the stakeholders. The captain, the vice-captain, the selectors and I We will discuss these things.”
“We need to step up the fast bowling department,” he said, adding: “We are only looking for Jhulan to perform. There should be some support for him.”
The coaches are happy that Harmanpreet Kaur was in her elements in the last two T20Is.
“It’s enjoyable for everyone. Her scoring runs matter to everyone. We can see the nature of the way she batted and going forward, we will see a different Harmanpreet.”
“In the last two innings, she looked like old Hermann. She will now play The Hundred and get game time and that’s what we love as a team. Game time. That’s where England were ahead and we were lacking.
“He played domestic cricket and we didn’t have too many practice games.”
Indian women lost both the women’s ODI and WT20I series, which ended by equal 1-2 margins on Wednesday and coach Powar called for a change in mindset or some new middle-order batsmen who “mold” according to the team ethos. can go.
Save Captain Mithali Raj, whose strike rate is also not the most impressive, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma among others, Tania Bhatia, and Punam Raut have struggled.
Powar said at the end of the series, “Mithali is batting well but we need the support of at least one more batsman to put pressure on the opponents in the middle order after the powerplay.”
However, he feels that an ideological shift needs time and it cannot happen overnight.
The former India off-spinner said, “We have to be fearless. I can’t force them in the first series. They are playing with some ideology and we can’t make drastic changes. We have to assess what suits them.” does.”
“To get them out of this (the current slow batting in the middle overs) (we) have to convince them and to do that, it takes a lot of communication. How modern is fearless Cricket will be played.”
Powar acknowledged that molding efforts have not worked so far.
Powar was ready to read the riot act, “There are two ways. Either draft them in (the current lot) or the other middle-order players.
“This time we tried a few combinations and it didn’t work and going forward, we can try something new, bring in new players, mold them.”
Powar indicated that till the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand, he will try to work with the resources available. Although he did not take any names, he was disappointed as no other fast bowler was picked except Jhulan Goswami.
“Till the World Cup, we need to find a way to get the middle order where we can say they can definitely get us 250. It is up to all the stakeholders. The captain, the vice-captain, the selectors and I We will discuss these things.”
“We need to step up the fast bowling department,” he said, adding: “We are only looking for Jhulan to perform. There should be some support for him.”
The coaches are happy that Harmanpreet Kaur was in her elements in the last two T20Is.
“It’s enjoyable for everyone. Her scoring runs matter to everyone. We can see the nature of the way she batted and going forward, we will see a different Harmanpreet.”
“In the last two innings, she looked like old Hermann. She will now play The Hundred and get game time and that’s what we love as a team. Game time. That’s where England were ahead and we were lacking.
“He played domestic cricket and we didn’t have too many practice games.”
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