Closing out games has been a cause of concern for the Indian women’s cricket team and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur believes the solution to this problem lies in getting the right balance in the batting order.
In the Birmingham Commonwealth Games final, India, chasing Australia’s 162, were on course at 118 for 2 before losing the plot and were bowled out for 152 in 19.3 overs. “We are working on that. I know for a long time these things are troubling us. We need to show some patience and, after a while, we will start getting the results also,” Harmanpreet said on the eve of the first T20I against England here on Saturday.
“That is why this time we have added two more batters — Dayalan Hemalatha and KP Navgire — to the side who can finish the game for us. They have done really well in domestic cricket, scored a good amount of runs.”
Having said that, Harmanpreet believes the visitors need to be flexible in their batting approach. India are in England on a two-week white-ball tour that comprises six white-ball games — three T20Is and as many ODIs.
Match starts: 11.30pm IST, live on Sony Sports Network