Indian girls’s T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday credited coach Abhay Sharma for the group’s appreciable enchancment in fielding, saying his “little adjustments” and “individual sessions” with the gamers are paying wealthy dividends.
Harmanpreet and Harleen Deol pulled off splendid catches within the rain-hit first T20I which England received by 18 runs right here on Friday evening.“When you play a team game, you need a momentum and it can come from any member of the team. When I took the catch, it created a sort of energy in the team and then Harleen also took a brilliant catch. So to create that energy, you need to take some extra effort,” Harmanpreet stated throughout the digital press convention.“Throughout the game, our ground fielding was good, we saved a lot of runs, and we also took some brilliant catches, so I think it is a great sign that our fielding has improved a lot.”The end result did not go our approach immediately however right here is one thing particular from the sport.@ImHarmanpreet | @imharleenDeol #CrewIndia: @SonySportsIndia pic.twitter.com/E1lMmPZrYR— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 9, 2021
In the penultimate over, Harmanpreet, fielding at lengthy on, put an finish to Nat Sciver’s good innings by diving to pouch the ball inches over the bottom.Two balls later, Harleen put an finish to Amy Jones’ innings, as she jumped to take an outstanding reverse-cupped catch on the boundary above her head earlier than dropping her steadiness.She threw the ball within the air as she stepped out of the boundary rope solely to leap again in, diving ahead to finish the catch.ODI skipper Mithali Raj and batting nice Sachin Tendulkar lauded the beautiful effort put by Harleen throughout the catch, the video of which has gone viral since.Talking concerning the contribution of the fielding coach, Harmanpreet stated: “Abhay sir has been with us for quite sometime, his little awareness makes you a better player. That is being refleted in our fielding.“Earlier also, we used to make a lot of effort but the little adjustments that he has done with our fielding, the individual sessions that he has taken with the players that has helped.“The most important point was he judged every player where can do better fielding, so we are getting the results day by day from the effort that we have put in, which is a great positive.”Sharma is into his second full collection with the ladies’s group following the house collection towards South Africa in March.India, nevertheless, have misplaced yet one more match, taking place by 18 runs within the first T20I.Asked what could be the method within the subsequent two T20Is, she stated: “We always play to win, unfortunately we lost a few wickets so approach will be the same. The wicket is good to bat on, so if we bat first we can score 10-15 runs extra, but next two games approach will remain the same.”Veteran pacer Shikha Pandey (3/22) was essentially the most profitable bowler for India on a day once they had been let down by the spinners on the Country floor right here.“Shikha is the most experienced bowler for us. She has always delivered for us and she is enjoying her bowling.“About spin bowling, when you play on flat tracks, one or two bowlers go for run, so we need to cut down on that.”Asked what kind of recommendation she has given to leggie Poonam Yadav, who’s slower within the air in comparison with different spinners, Harmanpreet stated: “Poonam is a wickettaking bowler and for us it is important she backs her strength.“If others are getting advantage from bowling in a particular way, it may not work for her. Her strength is to loop the bowl, and hold it in the air, so if she tries faster ones, to beat them with pace, it doesn’t help.“it is a positive thing that other teams are working on our bowlers, but my advice has always been to stick to your strength.”Talking concerning the ongoing battle between opener Shafali Verma and pacer Katherine Burnt, Harmanpreet stated: “Shafali is very positive, she stays in the moment, she reacts what comes before her, she is young and it is a positive sign that our players are dominating the other teams.”