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India fared improperly as a fielding unit in their soul-crushing semifinal defeat to the Aussies
There are positives too from their project ..
In Cape Town on Thursday, the Indian females cricketers walked out onto the field with the intent of halting protecting champs Australias
stranglehold on the ICC Womens T20 World Cup.As a fielding side, their efforts were not a patch on their resolve
Australias two leading run getters - Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning - were handed 3 lifelines
Fielding was sloppy leading to a minimum of 15 runs gifted and the bowling for the most part was pedestrian
Hardly 22 balls into their batting, India were down by three wickets
The popular concept was - they had actually choked yet again.But that was prior to the Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues program
Their 37-minute association was all spunk and heart
From appearing like also-rans to coming agonizingly close prior to losing by 5 runs indicates development, according to former primary coach
of the Indian femaless group WV Raman
The best thing about India was the way they chased
Throughout the innings break, they would have felt disappointed and their spirits would have been down since of a couple of errors made on
the field and some extra runs yielded
But when they came out to bat, they did not allow that to deflate them or moisten their spirits
That is a big progress as far as the team is worried
T20 has a great deal of emotional highs and lows, on that front they did really well, said the former left-hand batter with over twenty
years of coaching experience.1/ 11Womens T20 World Cup: India fail to bane Australia againPreviousNextShow Captions India wilted under the
pressure of a knock-out video game yet again after skipper Harmanpreet Kaurs freak gone out as defending champions Australia entered their
seventh successive Womens T20 World Cup final
Indias shoddy fielding and capturing allowed Australia to post a challenging 172 for four after Meg Lanning opted to bat in the semifinal.<
p > At 28 for three, India were down and out however Harmanpreet (52 off 34) and Jemimah Rodrigues (43 off 24) produced a counter-attacking
69-run stand off just 41 balls to bring the team back in the game
India needed an extremely gettable 39 off the last 30 balls with 5 wickets in hand however as it has actually held true in the past, the
team came up short to end up at 167 for 8.< br/ >> India had lost to five-time champions Australia in the previous World Cup final and more
recently in the CWG final last year
Another loss in a knockout video game extended Indias long haul for a world title
Despite losing the damaging Shafali Verma and star batter Smriti Mandhana inexpensively, Jemimah and India skipper made sure boundaries
Harmanpreet, who was a doubtful starter for the do-or-die video game due to high fever, got going with a crisp 6 over long on off Jess
Indias bowling effort likewise left a lot to be desired as Beth Mooney extended her envious record versus India with an elegant 54 off 37
One of the very best power-hitters in the video game, Ashleigh Gardner, hurt India with 31 off 18 balls while skipper Meg Lanning made 49
As India starts the rebuilding process, Raman believes a conducive environment is important
There is a need to provide an environment where independent thinking and personalities are permitted to progress
That is when they will go and do what is required
You can not be moulding one sort of a character off the field and anticipate them to contradict it on the pitch
Unless they have the freedom to figure things out themselves as people, it becomes challenging for them to do so as cricketers, he said.On
the field, Raman pointed towards investment in advancement of all-rounders as the way forward
There needs to be focused camps at the National Cricket Academy
Before the start of the World Cup, I kept stating that Indias opportunities of winning hinged a lot on the kind and fitness of Pooja
India missed her in the semifinal after she was dismissed due to illness
We need to have more allrounders like her
Focus has to be on focused method and programs for cricketers with all-round abilities
Also, they should search for some more fast bowlers, stated Raman, who was coach of the group in between 2018-2021
While senior players like Harmanpreet and Jemimah stayed composed, there were gamers who wilted under pressure
Asked to weigh in on the need for a psychological conditioning coach, the 57-year -old stated, It will be of help but psychological
strength does not come overnight
It has to be a holistic method
