England vs India Women, 2nd ODI: I was a little expensive, could have done better, says Poonam Yadav

India’s leg-spinner Poonam Yadav has said that she was tad expensive against England in the second women’s ODI, and the senior spinner feels she could have done better.

“I got a wicket after a long time. For any bowler, it matters to get among the wickets and contribute to the team and complete the spell. I was a little expensive today, I could have done better,” says Poonam Yadav during the post-match virtual press conference.

“I have worked on my field placements and just my general approach. Players were playing me off the back foot, what matters is the pace and how the wicket is acting. I worked on varying my pace and I had time between these two series to work that out, ” added Yadav.

England beat India by five wickets in the second women’s ODI to take a 2-0 series-clinching lead in Taunton on Wednesday.

Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors as she registered the figures of 2/63.

The wickets of captain Heather Knight and wicketkeeper Amy Jones were the 29-year-old’s first since November 2019.

In the home series against South Africa earlier this year she had failed to strike even once in four matches.

India put up a much improved show in the second ODI compared to the series opener earlier this week, but suffered a batting collapse once again.

“We lost wickets but still managed a decent total. We could have restricted them. Our bowlers did well too but we could have restricted them a little more. Our fielding was better this time.

“We are seeing collapses often, but I think they’ll do better going forward,” Yadav said.

Yadav felt that despite the loss, the Indian team’s body language had improved compared to the previous outing.