The dawn of a new era for the Indian women’s cricket team, after Mithali Raj retired from international cricket last week. Harmanpreet Kaur has extensive experience leading the T20Is and has therefore been appointed as the ODI Captain. Her first assignment would be the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, which starts on June 23. During the tour, India will play three T20Is and three ODIs. The T20Is will be played in Dambulla, while the ODIs will continue in Pallekele.
On Saturday, Harmanpreet Kaur and head coach Ramesh Powar spoke at a virtual press conference where they discussed the impact of Mithali Raj and what the vision is for the side.
“So I think we set a goal during the World Cup where we wanted to score 300 runs, but we were able to make 270-280. We will try to score more than 300 runs; we do have some players playing really good cricket. If we set bigger goals in front of us, we can look for something bigger, and that’s what we’re going to do in the batting division,” said Harmanpreet, answering a question from DailyExpertNews.
“We’ll try to give young players a chance who can bowl 10 overs for us, we’re trying to do some little things. We’ve been working on that during this camp too, we have a vision, we’ll look at that.” ready.
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In response to the same question, Coach Powar said: “We are looking for some consistency, we are looking for a winning habit. For that we all came together as captain, coach and vice-captain. We have already spoken with the BCCI. , and VVS Laxman who is the head of cricket and there’s been a few things going on. We’re trying to work on our fielding and fitness and take our players to the next level. That’s the direct goal we’re trying to achieve We want World Cups but it’s important that you build a squad that can fight in all conditions and against any opponent.”
When asked about Mithali Raj’s impact, Harmanpreet said: “Well, as we all know, she did a great job for women’s cricket. I don’t think anyone can fill this place. We are working hard on the team where we can make some winning combinations and stuff When we talk about Mithali di I don’t think there is anyone who can take her place and we will always miss her in our locker room When I talk about our team we are talking a great combination, the first time we are going to play without our seniors and I think this is a great opportunity for all of us to build a team I think we did a great preparation during this NCA camp. “
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