Brisbane, A determined India will want their under-fire batters to step up within the second Ladies’s ODI towards Australia right here on Sunday, because the guests purpose to keep away from yet one more collection loss Down Below.
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India’s batting woes continued because the vacationers had been bundled out for 100 within the collection opener, resulting in a demoralising five-wicket defeat, their heaviest by way of balls remaining since ODIs had been lowered to 50 overs a aspect.
India have by no means received a collection Down Below and they’ll have their activity reduce out towards a top quality Australian aspect, which confirmed no indicators of rust regardless of taking part in within the format after a spot of 9 months.
However, it was the Indians who appeared under-prepared because the squad was unable to coach collectively as among the gamers had been competing in home T20 tournaments whereas others performed within the Ladies’s Massive Bash League.
Moreover, certainly one of their two observe classes right here was washed out as a result of rain.
After opting to bat, the Indian batters had been unable to capitalise on good batting situations. They misplaced wickets at common intervals, had been unable to sew partnerships, and had been carried out in by Megan Schutt’s good spell with the brand new ball.
“We were expecting a good score if our batters had applied themselves better. If we had more runs on the scoreboard, anything could have happened.” India coach Amol Muzumdar conceded after the match.
With the batting inconsistencies persevering with from the New Zealand collection, time is working out for India, who will host the ODI Wold Cup subsequent 12 months.
The Indian suppose tank might be eager to stabilise their batting and bowling line-up forward of the marquee occasion.
Despite the fact that the bowlers had a small goal to defend, they did nicely to choose 5 wickets. The one silver lining in an in any other case forgettable outing for India was pacer Renuka Thakur and younger leg-spinner Priya Mishra.
In the meantime, Australia produced an virtually flawless efficiency regardless of lacking common skipper Alyssa Healy.
Veteran pacer Schutt registered career-best figures of 5/19 earlier than younger opener Georgia Voll impressed on debut.
Australia might be eager on placing up the same show to seal one other collection win towards India however the hosts are unlikely to take Harmanpreet Kaur and Co evenly.
“India cannot be underestimated and we will not make the mistake of being complacent. I think the Indian batsmen will come back strongly in the next match but I have worked a lot on my bowling and I hope to maintain this rhythm,”she had mentioned after the primary match,” Schutt had mentioned after the opener.
Groups :
India: Harmanpreet Kaur , Smriti Mandhana , Priya Punia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Uma Chetry, Richa Ghosh , Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Saima Thakor
Australia: Tahlia McGrath , Ashleigh Gardner , Darcie Brown, Kim Garth, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham
Match begins 5.15 am IST.