After struggling a slender nine-run defeat to Australia within the 2024 Girls’s T20 World Cup, India head coach Amol Muzumdar admitted issues might have been completely different for his staff if they’d held on to couple of possibilities on the sphere. On the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, India dropped three catches, missed a stumping and a run-out probability as Australia made 151/8, the very best whole at this venue within the ongoing match. In reply, regardless of captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s unbeaten 54 off 47, India fell wanting chasing the full and ended up at 142/9.
“I believe we have been proper within the sport, proper until the final over. Simply that have of Australia noticed them via. Just a bit dissatisfied with the loss. I really feel we have fielded fairly properly. But when a few possibilities might have been taken, then issues might have been completely different. Possibly 10 -15 runs much less, however on the similar time, I wish to say that we put in our greatest effort ahead on this sport,” mentioned Muzumdar after the match ended.
Requested concerning the mid-innings chat he had with Harmanpreet and Deepti Sharma, who shared a partnership of 63 off 55 balls to maintain India within the hunt, Muzumdar revealed, “Before everything, it was concerning the run-chase. Second was conserving the online run price additionally in bounds.”
“However the one message was if we take it a little bit deeper, then we do have a superb probability to chase. That was the one message to Harman and Deepti. I believe Harman’s presence was essential until the top, that’s what I felt within the run chase, and nearly obtained it via.”
Australia additionally had an lbw name of Phoebe Litchfield going of their favour. The left-handed batter tried to reverse sweep off Deepti and was adjudged lbw on 5, however she obtained the on-field name to be reversed on evaluation after the third umpire deemed the ball had pitched exterior the road of the leg stump.
Quizzed about his view on that call, Muzumdar remarked that it was a vital one. “Effectively, I do not know whether or not I am certified to reply concerning the umpires, however on the similar time what I gathered from that non-dismissal is that she did not transfer earlier than the ball was launched. So, the leg mark, what was there, it stood as it’s. That was my solely understanding about it. Whether or not it was out or not, it was as much as the umpires to determine on the third umpire.”
With Australia getting into the semi-finals from Group A, it means India’s possibilities of getting into the final 4 section are completely depending on the New Zealand-Pakistan conflict on Monday. A win for New Zealand will imply a league-stage exit for India. “Effectively, I simply wish to want Pakistan all the very best. That is all I can say. However we might be watching the sport very intently, that is for certain,” added Muzumdar.
He signed off by revealing Harmanpreet suffered a blow on her head prior earlier than India’s match opening sport in opposition to New Zealand, and had been taking part in within the match with immense ache.
“It has been implausible working with this lot; it is a very particular lot that we’re working with, and we care about one another, and Harman is a really integral a part of this staff. It has been a implausible 10 months working along with her and all others as properly. I imply she’s superb. She’s going via plenty of ache.”
“She obtained hit on her head proper in the beginning of the match, simply earlier than the New Zealand sport, I believe one evening prior after we have been working towards. However she’s superb. I believe she’s battling with it, and you may see it, however she’s a workhorse. So, she goes about doing her enterprise. It has been particular working for the final 10 months and I am trying ahead to it going ahead.”
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