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Mithali Raj noted that India needs to develop additional fast bowlers, including Jhulan Goswami
England chased down 202 runs in 35 overs as Jhulan picked a wicket.
Sunday afternoon, England’s women took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against the visiting team.
Mithali Raj explains that if the seamers are unable to take early wickets, the spinners have to hold back and wait to be rewarded.
The time has arrived for India’s women’s cricket team to plan for the future by grooming young fast bowlers like Jhulan Goswami’s replacement, Mithali Raj says. After the disastrous ODI performance against England on Sunday, in which India lost by eight wickets, former captain Raj blamed both the batting and bowling units for the team’s poor showing. Sent in to bat, India began the game with 181 dots, accumulating a total of 201. In the chase, England had to face an additional 181 dots, for a total of 301. Indeed, we should look into this and keep on rotating strike, says Raj after the virtual press conference following the match.
If our top-5 batters get us runs, we’ll win.” In addition, we should acknowledge that England seamers are highly trained. They can bowl when the conditions are right for them.
She mentioned that the seam bowlers for her team were not good enough.
Early wickets, will put pressure on the opposition. If the seamers fail to pick up wickets, it puts even more pressure on the spinners.
As a result, we should prioritize fast bowlers who aren’t Jhulan. To do this, they should first learn how to understand conditions and bowl accordingly.
after both the openers, Shafali Verma (15) and Smriti Mandhana (4), were dismissed early, Raj scored 72 off 108 balls, helping India go past the 200-run mark (10).
But she was unable to gain access because Indian batters failed to rotate the strike and get into scoring position.
We need to start hitting again.
Though we know more about chasing targets than posting them, we’re far more comfortable doing the former.” I’ll explain later, but we have to learn how to obtain 250.
But we just can’t sacrifice wickets if we’re just trying to get as many runs as possible.” We must be able to recognize when it is appropriate to push the accelerator and to determine how to get it.
While hinting at a few lineup changes for the ODI second game, Raj said the team management needs to support the players on the same side.
Back players who have performed well in the past are especially important to protect such players.” Playing stroke players comes with risks. Players must be developed to help them support the World Cup, which is why we must back them.
In addition to the team captain, the coach, and the rest of the support staff, the team’s selectors also have a large role to play. We stay in contact with them constantly, just like in any other sport.
I’m definitely going to look into the composition; there will be a little bit of shuffling in the batting order to ensure that we can cross the finish line.
The captain said that it is her duty to groom the team’s new faces, even if it means that she must give up her place as the oldest and most experienced member of the team.
We clearly don’t have players who can get big runs at the domestic level in the finisher role.” We must appoint someone who has a good chance of succeeding in that department.
Overall, my runs have all been scored in the third slot, but getting batters in that slot is also important. To have runners who can score runs, we need batters who can do that. Mithali feels that since she won’t be on the field for long, she is responsible for looking after the younger players, so she moved down to No. 4 in the batting order.
