India’s veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami wants bowlers to up their game in the second ODI against England today
Jhulan Goswami during the first ODI against England. Pic/Getty Images
The Indian women’s cricket team would be trying out various options during the upcoming England series and beyond to check out what is the best possible combination that can be fielded going into next year’s Women’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand, said senior player Jhulan Goswami.
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India’s senior middle-order batters like skipper Mithali Raj, Punam Raut and Deepti Sharma were all guilty of wasting as many as 180 odd deliveries in the first ODI which England won by eight wickets chasing a modest target of 202.
Goswami didn’t give a definitive answer on vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s batting position but indicated that a lot of options will be tried out before the World Cup in New Zealand next year.
“Well, we are trying to settle our combination. We are trying to create a few options. Now which options will click for us, we are [still] searching for that. Whatever things will happen [options we finalise], the management will take a call before the World Cup,” Goswami said on the eve of second ODI against England.
Jhulan also believes that as a bowling group, they need to up their game after Tammy Beaumont and Nat Sciver gave them a real pasting in the opener with both scoring at a strike rate of 100.
“Honestly speaking, we need to come back as a bowling group strongly. We have discussed a lot of things, hopefully, we can sort it out and come back strongly. You have to believe in these bowlers, they are your best bowlers, they have the ability.
“Both of our medium-pacers Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar and we have another two pacers in the side, all are very good cricketers. Shikha is coming back from a break.
“Pooja is playing after a long time. They are quality bowlers. They need a little bit of time, they will do well. They have won matches single-handedly for India. We just need to give them some time, they will come back strongly. I have a lot of confidence in them,” Jhulan signed off.
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