Struggling Indian batters might want to discover a method to play on a sluggish floor as they face Bangladesh within the second girls’s ODI in a bid to keep away from an embarrassing sequence defeat right here on Wednesday.
Spinners, particularly leg-break bowlers, have troubled Indian batters by means of the Bangladesh tour and on Sunday in addition they discovered pacer Marufa Akter exhausting to barter because the fancied workforce suffered its first-ever loss to Bangladesh in ODIs.
Following that memorable victory and a win within the previous last T20, Bangladesh now has the momentum and perception to script a well-known sequence win over India.
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India has a World Cup to play in Bangladesh subsequent yr and it must learn to accumulate runs on pitches the place the ball doesn’t come on to the bat.
It has been a collective failure to date on the tour although India one way or the other managed to seal the T20 sequence.
Star batter Smriti Mandhana’s exhibiting has been a giant disappointment and Priya Punia, who changed Shafali Verma for the ODI sequence opener, too struggled in her comeback.
Both Yastika Bhatia and Jemimah Rodrigues have struggled to rotate strike and that has put them underneath additional stress. In the absence of Richa Ghosh, nobody has stepped up for the finisher’s position with the workforce struggling to search out boundaries.
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Amanjot Kaur, who bowled effectively on Sunday, has a very good alternative to make an influence with the bat as effectively and provides India a a lot wanted ending possibility.
Bowling coach Rajib Datta mentioned there isn’t any must press the panic button but.
“There is no need to be disappointed. The team did not execute its plans the way it wanted to. It is a team in transition phase and looking at combinations for the World Cup (next year),” he mentioned.
India bowled 19 wides within the sequence opener and that must be a giant space of concern too.
“Extras are an issue. The girls are playing after four months. It is not a big issue, we will rectify,” added Datta.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com