According to Herman Preet, Rodriguez will remain in the team’s plans, but including Harleen in the mix will give India flexibility when it comes to options
After India lost 4-1 to Australia in the T20I home series, Harmanpreet Kaur said deepening the seam bowling sector will be key going forward. The fast bowler will be a star when India flies to South Africa next month for a try-series, also against the West Indies, and plays the T20 World Cup in February, also in South Africa.
With Pooja Vastrakar injured, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh and Anjali Salvani were the main fast pacers of the Indian team. Renuka and Salvani played all five matches, but Meghna was dropped after conceding 41 runs in three wicketless overs in two matches.
“In South Africa, Seam will have a bigger impact than spin bowling,” stressed Hermanpreet after Tuesday’s fifth T20I defeat by 54 runs. “That’s why we started with Meghna, but sometimes the players don’t perform as expected.
“Pooja will join the team (once he recovers) and fill that space. We are working on it and will try to cover those areas. “
In addition to right-handers Arundhati Reddy and Simran Bahadur, India have left-handed quicks Monica Patel (who achieved his two ODIs against South Africa last year) and Suraddha Pokharkar as net bowlers. was included in the series.
However, they were without a bowling coach during the series after Ramesh Power, the former head coach who oversaw bowling, moved to BCCI’s National Cricket Academy. It was a high-scoring winning streak. India also surpassed 150 in all but the last game where she was knocked out at 142. Her 6s for a total of 47, a women’s bilateral T20I series record, were hit in five games . One pattern that emerged was that India were able to hold Australia to a maximum of 12 overs, but then lost control. Her economy rate in her last eight overs of the series was 12.26 for her compared to her 9.37 for Australia.
“From now on, we’re going to analyze who can bowl after 10 overs and death overs. We talked about it in team meetings, but when you’re rolling, you don’t have a lot of time to do it.”
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“Her first 10 overs are going well and she doesn’t run easily, but after 10 overs things suddenly change,” she says. “We planned a lot but didn’t execute. The first 6 overs were an area we wanted to improve as a team and we are now in the top 6.
“From now on, we’ll analyze who can bowl after 10 overs and death overs. We talked about it in team meetings, but when you’re rolling, you don’t have a lot of time to do it.”
Renuka, who has a proven power play and the ability to swing the new ball, was used in the deathover against Australia. Her savings rate at this stage was 10.87 when she received only one wicket. A few, but most for an Indian bowler who threw at least 24 balls during that period.
“[Renuka] is someone who brings a lot of confidence to the side,” he said Harmanpreet. “Anytime the team needs her, she’s always ready. And I’ve always seen her do well in the first six overs. She really enjoys bowling.” I need someone who can raise their hand and say, “I love bowling.” She’s been working hard on the Death Bowl and is starting to gain experience now. ”
“Harleen is someone who is always ready. It doesn’t matter if you hit every point or just catch,” said Herman Preet. “In the previous match (4th T20I), she didn’t hit, even though she was ready from the start, but she wasn’t upset and was positive (instead). If there is, I want to go there and perform anytime.”
“We all know how important she is and we thought we should give her a break. The batting line is something that T20s cannot fix. I know that Jemmi has been battling for third place for a long time.
“But if the batting formation is flexible, I think that would be good and we would have the opportunity to try more things. I wanted to see her there and gain momentum. It’s really nice to see her approaching with a bat. ”