Australia on Sunday added one other feather to their illustrious cap once they registered a double hat trick of profitable the Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape Town. The defending champions defeated the first-time finalists in South Africa by 19 runs to carry their sixth title. Meanwhile, Aussie pacer Megan Schutt is all in awe of her captain Meg Lanning, whereas additionally hitting out at Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur.
After the Aussies defeated the Proteas in entrance of a packed Newlands crowd, Schutt was among the many Aussie gamers to dive in pleasure. She mentioned the win is fairly particular and her captain Lanning is a cool buyer in tense conditions which helps the crew to execute the plans higher.Â
“Lanning is a pretty calm character, that’s what rubs on us. That’s what we speak about in pre-match talks. We hold up our calm in pressure situations. Because there are a lot of those, especially in T20s. Being calm in those moments means you’re going to execute better,” Schutt mentioned as quoted by Cricbuzz.
Schutt slams Kaur’s comment
Meanwhile, the Aussie fast has slammed Kaur over her body language comment. The Indian captain had mentioned that Australian gamers’ body language advised that they had given up when she was taking the sport away. Meanwhile, Schutt known as the comment ‘bullshit’. “They had been taking the sport and we had been below the pump. Collectively our final 5 overs had been key. Getting a pair of wickets in there but in addition offering strain on all features, whether or not it is within the area, with the ball and even body language on the market. Harmanpreet mentioned our body language was down. I’ll name bullshit on that. We’re simply calm. We do not panic, we do not take it out on one another if there is a misfield or a dropped catch. That’s the place we stand out as a crew.
Schutt additionally went on to share a piece of advice to the Indian captain. “Stay calm. It was wrong of Harmanpreet to follow that after getting out (reaction after being given out). It sets the wrong precedent for those coming next. I know she was calm after that and spoke to Deepti. But the damage was done already by then. Being able to compose yourself in that situation. Of course, you’ve to go through a lot of things to figure that out. We’ve had our own losses. Yes, we win a lot, but we’ve had our own clutch moments that we’ve lost and learned from that,” she added.
