NAVI MUMBAI: Star India all-rounder Deepti Sharma blamed their “silly mistakes”, particularly whereas fielding, for the nine-wicket defeat to Australia within the opening T20I of the five-match collection right here.
After setting Australia a goal of 173, India’s fielding was sloppy and Radha Yadav gave Beth Mooney a reprieve, earlier than the opener slammed a match-winning 57-ball 89 to seal the win with 11 balls to spare on the DY Patil Stadium on Friday.
“The total was very good, but I think we could have fielded a bit better. We also gave away a few loose balls. We have to improve our ‘silly mistakes’ to make a comeback and level the series,” the left-hander, who hit a 15-ball 36 not out, to energy India to 172/5 stated on the post-match media interplay.
“But wins and losses will happen. We had a simple approach with out batting and bowling and we were getting results out of it. We just need to apply ourselves better.”
Having opted to bowl, Alyssa Healy and Co additionally made use of the dew issue and by no means seemed in bother, scoring runs comfy. Healy and Mooney first placed on a 73-run opening stand earlier than the latter made it a stroll within the park in an unbroken 100-run stand with Tahila McGrath (40; 29b).
The Indian all-rounder, nonetheless, didn’t blame it on the dew.
“There was a dew for sure, which came into effect after seven-eight overs but that cannot be an excuse.”
Asked whether or not they tried to bowl the slower ones a bit extra, she stated: “As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those. We tried the slower ones also and we bowled according to the field.
“The first half was fairly good however the second half did not go as properly. We will attempt to rectify our errors within the subsequent match,” Deepti said, looking ahead to the second T20I here on Saturday.
The Australian players were coming straight from playing in the Women’s Big Bash League, while some senior members of the Indian side had a bit of a break after winning their seventh Asia Cup title, in Bangladesh in October. A few members of the team played the Women’s T20 Challenger, the domestic tournament.
“I do not assume we had a reasonably lengthy break. We not too long ago had our home challengers. We had been in the suitable mindset. There might be ups and downs. We will attempt to take the positives and return stronger.”
Deepti played the role of a finisher to perfection as she came in at No. 7 and stepped up in the slog overs.
“For this collection and Commonwealth Games I’ve labored fairly a bit on my batting. I adopted the identical factor earlier than the collection. With much less balls remaining, it was about scoring as many runs. I feel these follow classes are paying off,” she added.
Playing a T20I after eight years, Maharashtra all-rounder Devika Vaidya also shone with a 24-ball 25 in an entertaining 40-run unbroken partnership off just 19 balls for the fifth wicket with Deepti.
Deepti was all praise for Devika, saying, “It shouldn’t be straightforward to return again after eight years. She did in addition to she will with the bat and he or she did high quality with the ball. It will take a while to cool down if you stroll into these conditions.”
In the preparatory series for the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, India gave a maiden cap to left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani, who returned wicket-less while conceding 27 runs from her full quota of four overs.
“She’s obtained an excellent inswinger. She did not appear like she was taking part in her first match,” Deepti stated.
After setting Australia a goal of 173, India’s fielding was sloppy and Radha Yadav gave Beth Mooney a reprieve, earlier than the opener slammed a match-winning 57-ball 89 to seal the win with 11 balls to spare on the DY Patil Stadium on Friday.
“The total was very good, but I think we could have fielded a bit better. We also gave away a few loose balls. We have to improve our ‘silly mistakes’ to make a comeback and level the series,” the left-hander, who hit a 15-ball 36 not out, to energy India to 172/5 stated on the post-match media interplay.
“But wins and losses will happen. We had a simple approach with out batting and bowling and we were getting results out of it. We just need to apply ourselves better.”
Having opted to bowl, Alyssa Healy and Co additionally made use of the dew issue and by no means seemed in bother, scoring runs comfy. Healy and Mooney first placed on a 73-run opening stand earlier than the latter made it a stroll within the park in an unbroken 100-run stand with Tahila McGrath (40; 29b).
The Indian all-rounder, nonetheless, didn’t blame it on the dew.
“There was a dew for sure, which came into effect after seven-eight overs but that cannot be an excuse.”
Asked whether or not they tried to bowl the slower ones a bit extra, she stated: “As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those. We tried the slower ones also and we bowled according to the field.
“The first half was fairly good however the second half did not go as properly. We will attempt to rectify our errors within the subsequent match,” Deepti said, looking ahead to the second T20I here on Saturday.
The Australian players were coming straight from playing in the Women’s Big Bash League, while some senior members of the Indian side had a bit of a break after winning their seventh Asia Cup title, in Bangladesh in October. A few members of the team played the Women’s T20 Challenger, the domestic tournament.
“I do not assume we had a reasonably lengthy break. We not too long ago had our home challengers. We had been in the suitable mindset. There might be ups and downs. We will attempt to take the positives and return stronger.”
Deepti played the role of a finisher to perfection as she came in at No. 7 and stepped up in the slog overs.
“For this collection and Commonwealth Games I’ve labored fairly a bit on my batting. I adopted the identical factor earlier than the collection. With much less balls remaining, it was about scoring as many runs. I feel these follow classes are paying off,” she added.
Playing a T20I after eight years, Maharashtra all-rounder Devika Vaidya also shone with a 24-ball 25 in an entertaining 40-run unbroken partnership off just 19 balls for the fifth wicket with Deepti.
Deepti was all praise for Devika, saying, “It shouldn’t be straightforward to return again after eight years. She did in addition to she will with the bat and he or she did high quality with the ball. It will take a while to cool down if you stroll into these conditions.”
In the preparatory series for the T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, India gave a maiden cap to left-arm seamer Anjali Sarvani, who returned wicket-less while conceding 27 runs from her full quota of four overs.
“She’s obtained an excellent inswinger. She did not appear like she was taking part in her first match,” Deepti stated.