Fans’ remaining optimism about India’s chances of a rally in the Women’s T20 World Cup has been increased as coach Harmanpreet Kaur is back fit to lead the team against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
The Indian cricketer sustained a neck injury while playing which was a big concern considering that it was a must win game. Nevertheless, Kaur talked to the Indian vice-captain, Smriti Mandhana, who said that Kaur is back and is fully available to lead the team.
“Yes, she, Harman, is fine and she is going to be fine for tomorrow,” Mandhana said and cleared any ambiguity regarding the future participation of Kaur in the case.
In any case, Pooja Vastrakar, a batting all-rounder, is not fit although the people in charge are still choosy about what to disclose. Vastrakar has not been subjected to treatment ever since she withdrew from the Pakistan game due to injury and tissues are under evaluation. “The update will come only tomorrow during the match,” said Mandhana adding some clouds on the team structure for the Sri Lanka match which still is not clear.
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Now, India has no option other than winning a match which is also why they consider this Sri Lanka as also the defeated India in the Asia Cup finals. Not to win first match particularly such as New Zealand has put India in eligibility in regard to making it out of the group.
As far as the last few matches are concerned, India when faced with Pakistan emerged clear victors, by six wickets margin. The slow pitches in the UAE have also been an obstacle for the batters, Mandhana included. “The weather is extremely difference from what you are expecting as a batter,” she answered.
Sri Lanka changes the picture for India once again and for their ambitions to be taking them further in this competition, something favorable needs to take place. When faced with the task of scoring 106 in order to win against Pakistan, India was keen on checking its overall run rate instead of just chasing to win the match alone.
“It (run rate) definitely was last match,’’ Mandhana explained, “but as I said, the conditions are a lot different to what you expect as a batter.” “So you are probably thinking to get that run rate high and also you first you have to win the match first, that’s the first priority for us.”
Mandhana focused on the problem in an adequate way and explained that for example in such situations batters were often under very strict regime: “I mean we have to be really smart; we can’t just go out there thinking that we are going to just take on this bowling lineup, take on this fielding lineup, and going to win easily because obviously, the weather and the outfield are much different.”
“Of course the wicket factors, the ground conditions differ quite a lot from what we bae or when we came here.’’ That such dwatement is also a big consideration (in batter order),’’ she said.
The positives, however, are nowhere to be seen rather the only one if we talk about conditions that I saw was the match against New Zealand, throughout the tournament we haven’t seen any team cross over 140 where on average it is 135-140 irrespective of if it was a day match or a night match, that explains a lot about the conditions,’’ she added. Having retained or resumed the help of Harmanpreet Kaur and an appreciative comprehension of the situations, the Indian team will hope to make better of the oppoosing team, Srilanka, and bag an imperative match essential for ressurection of the world cup campaign.