Earlier than the Indian workforce’s departure to the UAE for the 2024 Girls’s T20 World Cup, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur claimed that the 15-member facet was the very best group ever enjoying the showpiece occasion within the shortest format. However all of it got here crashing down when India misplaced to 58 runs by New Zealand of their event opener at Dubai and from there, they had been simply enjoying catch up until the writing on the wall got here clear: of them struggling a group-stage exit within the T20 World Cups for the primary time since 2016.
Former India captain Anjum Chopra mentioned the facet hasn’t actually discovered success in enjoying the shortest format, whether or not individually or as an entire unit, resulting in their early exit from the T20 World Cup.
“I do really feel that Indian workforce is a piece in progress by way of enjoying T20 cricket. They nonetheless have not been capable of crack that code individually and collectively as to how you can play T20 cricket.”
“Sure gamers, beginning with Harmanpreet Kaur, as a result of she performs within the center order or in all probability typically on the high order, she is aware of precisely when she has to tempo the innings. However I can not say the identical for everybody else. It isn’t simply because they’ve misplaced within the World Cup. I’ve mentioned these phrases even earlier than that Indian workforce is a piece in progress.”
“After they performed their first match in opposition to New Zealand, I assumed they had been just a little underprepared and presumably they did not count on New Zealand to return laborious at them, which is once more very fallacious. It is as a result of if you’re enjoying a World Cup, it’s important to count on each workforce that also they are within the World Cup state of affairs to win it, not simply to take part. In order that was fallacious.”
“Then as soon as that realisation occurred when New Zealand began hitting the way in which they had been attacking the ball, I felt the attention of them to rapidly flip issues round and perhaps bat a lot better than what they fielded, it did not occur. The shell shock method from the primary two overs until the fortieth over was simply there, very a lot seen for the Indian workforce,” says Anjum in an unique dialog with IANS from Dubai.
She additionally identified that India by no means the texture of a workforce who had been there within the UAE to win the event. “So as soon as that they had that setback, coming in opposition to Pakistan was nearly successful for them, which I assumed was a really defensive method. You may count on that additionally to occur since you’ve simply misplaced the primary sport.”
“Now you are making an attempt to remain in competition within the event. Then once more, Sri Lanka, there was a barely a lot better efficiency, however not a convincing efficiency individually. By the point Australia got here, you wanted all models to fireplace.”
“Australia won’t offer you alternatives to return again in a contest or perhaps give an iota, particularly once they know that they had been lacking their captain. So in totality, I assumed they had been behind the sport somewhat than being forward of the sport and that was there all through the event.”
“So individually, I do not assume that they had arrived the way in which. If you wish to win a World Championship, you arrive for it. Sure, Australia has a stronger workforce. Everyone knows that, however at the very least arrive for the event in a method that or in a way that you just’re there it to win it, not simply to take part, however that did not occur with the Indian workforce.”
This 12 months, India performed T20 collection in opposition to Australia, Bangladesh, South Africa, earlier than changing into runners-up in Asia Cup. Surprisingly, they did not play a global sport after that until the conflict in opposition to New Zealand occurred on October 6. As an alternative, India had two preparatory camps on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Whereas one camp was round fielding and health, together with a sports activities psychologist coming in, the opposite had abilities work on the forefront, aside from 5 intra-squad video games held in Bengaluru. However Anjum felt regardless of all of the preparations, comparable errors which prompted India’s downfall beforehand had come again once more within the UAE.
“I felt that the errors or staying behind the sport, what was there within the earlier T20 occasions or a World Cup nonetheless occurred there. You may’t preserve doing the identical mistake. Then meaning both your preparation is incomplete or you have not learnt the ability.”
“The identical errors can’t occur time and again. If the identical mistake is going on, then undoubtedly there’s a miss in both the ability degree or preparation or adaptation. In order that must be recognized and that must be clubbed. Altering folks, and setups isn’t going to only resolve it.”
“Now we have every part in our nation. BCCI supplies us with every part in our nation from preparation to video games to no matter a participant requires to turn out to be a world champion. So I feel that is taken care of. It is as much as how, as gamers, they’re capable of make the most of every part to their benefit,” she concluded.
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