India‘s Harmanpreet Kaur performs a shot throughout the 2nd T20 International match between India Women and England Women, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
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Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma has shunned blaming the pitch for his or her shoddy batting efficiency, saying the wicket was not as challenging as they made it seem like throughout the second girls’s T20I in opposition to England.
The hosts, who misplaced the opening T20I by 38 runs, have been shot out for a mere 80 in 16.2 overs on Saturday night time.
India went on to lose the sport as effectively as the collection right here on the Wankhede Stadium, although they did put up an inspirational present with the ball, taking six wickets throughout England’s chase of a paltry 81-run goal.
“The pitch was not as challenging that only 70 or 80 runs would be possible. A few more runs could have been scored to get to a total of around 110-115,” Sharma informed media after the match.
“But there are such days when conditions do not favour you . As a team, we try to do well but anyone can have an off day. We did not feel, that since we could not do well in the first innings, we will not be able to make any impact whatsoever in the second.
“Had we constructed partnerships in between, the rating would have been so much totally different but we will study from this going into the match tomorrow (on Sunday).”
The 26-year-old praised the bowlers for showing a strong fight despite having not enough runs on board.
“Whatever occurred within the first innings, we needed to do higher within the second innings as a bowling unit,” she stated.
“We wanted to take the game as deep as possible and the bowlers did a good job with that. The bowlers did well since the opposition lost six wickets. It is not easy for the batters and the bowlers deserve credit for pulling things back.
“We have performed such matches up to now as effectively. We needed to take care of a optimistic strategy and hold close-in fielders as a lot as potential, that we would again one another up and not hand over that simply.” Deepti, however, said the surface as a bit “tricky”.
“The wicket is also an element since each the matches panned out in another way,” Deepti said.
“The wicket for the primary match was higher on condition that the ball was coming onto the bat properly and it was simpler to bat in comparison with right now, when the pitch was a bit tricky for the batters and the ball was additionally skidding a bit.”
No real demon in the pitch: England’s Charlie Dean
England off-spinner Charlie Dean, who returned with figures of 4-0-16-2 to be named the Player of the Match, said there were no “demons” in it.
“There have been numerous wickets right now within the recreation. I’d not have any complaints on the pitch myself,” she said.
“Of course I’d not, I’m a bowler. I did not get an opportunity to have a bat on the market but that’s good. Numerous our guys have been saying it was skidding on a bit but no actual demons within the pitch.”
Dean acknowledged that even the England camp was a bit jittery given they lost wickets in quick succession.
“I suppose (it is) simply (attributable to) pressures and weaknesses in sure areas. All round, the bowlers had a extremely good day. We executed our plans effectively, so did India, they set actually aggressive fields and so they needed to due to the way in which the sport was dictated,” Dean said.
“It performed rather well into the palms, taking away boundaries and placing additional catchers in place paid off on that type of a wicket.”
