The Indian women’s cricket team will look to raise its fielding standards by a few notches and build on a comprehensive opening win when it squares off against Sri Lanka in the second WT20I here on Tuesday.
Playing its first international game after a historic World Cup triumph last month, Harmanpreet Kaur’s side didn’t need to break much sweat in the batting and bowling departments during an eight-wicket win over the island nation.
However, the team’s fielding, especially catching, left a lot to be desired despite the bowlers managing to restrict the Lankans to a paltry 121-6.
“We are working on our fielding. Don’t know why we keep dropping catches. It is wet out here, but that is not an excuse. That is something we really need to think about. In the next match, we will come about with a better approach,” skipper Kaur had said after the match.
The Indian team had a well-deserved six-week break following the World Cup high. The players then converged for a week-long camp at the Centre Of Excellence in Bengaluru.
Some rustiness in fielding was pretty much expected and the seasoned skipper feels the team will get into the groove very soon. “We are playing after a month. We don’t want to unnecessarily challenge ourselves. We just want to do well for the team.
“We just wanted to bowl first and see how it goes. We wanted to show a better approach,” Kaur said.
On paper, India are overwhelming favourites to win the series against the Chamari Athapaththu-led visitors.
In the form of her life, Jemimah Rodrigues commenced her post World Cup journey from where she left off during the title victory.
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No. of catches dropped by India on Sunday
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No. of balls taken by Smriti Mandhana to score 4000 T20I runs on Sunday — the fastest ever
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