NEW DELHI: Forward of Thursday’s collection finale in Navi Mumbai, India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana reminded her teammates that the staff’s five-year wait to win a T20I collection at residence didn’t “mirror” their means.
India produced a formidable batting efficiency when put in to bat. Because the hosts recorded their biggest T20I whole of 217/4, Mandhana (77; 47b) laid the groundwork earlier than Richa Ghosh (54; 21b) tied the report for the joint-quickest fifty.
India responded by limiting the West Indies to 157/9, profitable the three-match collection 2-1-their first residence collection win since 2019.
“After the final match, I instructed the ladies it has been 5 years that we’ve got not received a T20I collection. That doesn’t mirror the staff we’re,” Mandhana mentioned.
“I instructed them that immediately, we’ve got a possibility to do this and we simply need to preserve doing the correct issues,” added Mandhana.
Mandhana continued her scorching type from the ODI collection Down Beneath, the place she scored a century within the closing sport, by hitting her third consecutive fifty.
“The batting line-up we had, there have been a couple of children coming in, so there was a little bit of added accountability and that form of factor goes effectively in case you actually put your head into it, and once I try this, I most likely bat higher.”
“We misplaced all three tosses, so needed to bat first and that’s the tougher factor to do (right here). Actually glad we may put up (a rating) and beloved the way in which Richa batted.”
On the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, she mentioned: “Harman has been a pillar within the middle-order. Each time she is there, you understand that if one thing occurs, she will likely be there.”
She was additionally stuffed with admiration for Raghvi Bist, a rookie who scored an excellent 31 not out off of 22 balls.
“The ladies stepped up superbly. The best way Raghvi batted was spectacular. She got here in with numerous intent and hitting her fourth or fifth ball for six, I’d not have been in a position to do this in my second match.”
Richa, the participant of the match, attributed the victory to the staff’s strong begin.
“We bought a very good begin, the way in which everybody batted. I simply needed to proceed that and each time the ball was in my slot, I attempted to hit it,” mentioned Richa.
“Within the nets, I take into consideration the match and attempt to clear (the fence). If the ball is in my slot, whether or not it’s the first ball or the final ball, it doesn’t matter. It feels excellent once you contribute (in the direction of such a win and such a collection victory).”
Hayley Matthews, the captain of the West Indies, acknowledged that their bowling lacked self-discipline on a difficult wicket.
“We most likely didn’t bowl in addition to we needed to. It was a kind of wickets the place we had a really small margin for error. We weren’t on it with the ball and missed our lengths extra typically than we needed,” Matthews mentioned.
