The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup has spreading the excitement. The tournament is taking interesting turns as the competition goes deeper. In the 12th match of the tournament witnessed a thrilling encounter between India Women locked horns with Sri Lanka Women. In that match, Team India registered a thrilling win. With that victory, Indian Women greatly boosted their run rate. After the dominating win over Sri Lankan Women, Indian Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur reflected on the match.
Harmanpreet Kaur Reflected on Her Injury:
As the ninth edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is taking place in UAE, fans across the globe are enjoying some thrilling cricket action. In the 12th match, India Women and Sri Lanka Women faced each other in a thrilling match. Before that, there was speculation over going on Harmanpreet Kaur’s participation in the match. She sustained an injury in the last but.
But the Indian captain participated in the match and played an exceptional unbeaten knock of 52 runs in 27 balls. After the victory, she opened up about this. Harmanpreet Kaur said, “Haanji, sab theek hai. Uphar wale di meher hai, bas chal raha hai (all is good by God’s grace, going good).”
On the Thrilling Victory:
After facing a setback in the first game, India women bounced back and registered two consecutive wins. In the match against Sri Lanka Women, Indis gave a great start. Shefali Verma scored 43 runs in 40 balls. Smriti Mandhana scored an incredible half-century.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played an exceptional knock. They kept their domination alive in the second innings. Arundhati Reddy and Asha Sobhana secured 3 wickets each. Renuka Singh secured two crucial scalps. They restricted the opponent in just 90 runs and secured a big 82-run win.
While talking about the win, she said, “When you play good cricket you always feel well, today all the boxes were ticked, we have been talking about our fielding and we took all our catches and that’s something very important to us. We did discuss before the game, if we are batting first what are the targets you need to set.”
On the Pitch Condition and the Next Target:
After the win, the Indian captain discussed about the pitch and addressed it as a tricky one. She said, “These pitches are really tricky, we can’t go and execute. Today lot of things went according to plan. We were thinking at least 160 and we set 170-plus.”
The next target for the team is crucial. They are all set to face Australia Women. The Aussie side is an exceptional form after registering consecutive wins. That upcoming match will be important will be crucial for both sides.
Before that clash, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side is all set to take the challenges. While talking about the upcoming challenge, she said, “We are at that stage where we have to think about winning and even about NRR. We have to play good cricket first of all, our bowlers are doing well, they (Australia) are a good side and good to see our bowlers giving us wickets, they are in rhythm. As a captain you feel good when the team does well, it is a day to enjoy our success.”
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