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Indian eves need to raise their level to beat England: Harmanpreet Kaur

ANI  |  Mumbai [India] 

Indian women's on Saturday admitted that her side needs to raise their game against England in the second match of the triangular series, if they want to avoid a repeat of their defeat to at the

The Indian women's stadium kicked off their T20I triangular series with a defeat as they slumped to a six-wicket loss against in the opening match.

The women in blue will now have their task cut out when they face the 50-over winners England in their second game.

Having beaten by eight wickets in their first match, England will be boosting with confidence and are upbeat about their chances against India, who have slumped to four defeats in a row across ODIs and T20Is in the last two weeks.

Though Harmanpreet admitted that in-form England would pose a big challenge to her side, she insisted that had shown improvement in their last match and that they could turn around their fortunes on Sunday.

"England played really well against We need to raise our level to beat them. We have improved from where we were during ODIs. Though we lost against in the first match, there were moments when we did really well. We just need to ensure we don't lose momentum once we have it," Harmanpreet told the reporters.

"Our fielding has also improved. We were very shoddy during the ODIs, but did well in the first match. Smriti and Jhulan were outstanding with bat and ball respectively. We need others to take a leaf out of their books," she added.

The home side will be playing back-to-back games as they are scheduled to take on in their third T20I match at the same venue on Monday.

When quizzed whether factor is likely to creep in, Harmanpreet refused the same and said that it would be a great learning experience for her side.

"No, not at all. is not an issue. We are all enjoying the back-to-back games. We were expecting this from the BCCI. This is a learning experience for us. Earlier, we were not used to getting back-to-back games. There used to be a six to eight-month gap between two series," Harmanpreet said.

The Indian women's T20I squad is as follows:

(Captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Mithali Raj, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Anuja Patil, Deepti Sharma, (wicket-keeper), Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Rumeli Dhar, Mona Meshram,

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First Published: Sat, March 24 2018. 21:03 IST
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