Smriti Mandhana‘s finger injury has healed sufficiently to allow her to be part of India’s playing eleven in the Women’s T20 World Cup match against West Indies on Wednesday, said the Indian coaching staff ahead of the game. Mandhana had missed the team’s win in its tournament opener against Pakistan.
Mandhana participated in the team’s training session on Tuesday and according to the team’s bowling coach Troy Cooley, the 26-year-old left-handed opener did well in the nets.
“She has been working very hard and she will be assessed after training,” said Cooley. “She did everything that needed to be done and we are pretty confident she got through the session OK.”
Mandhana recently topped the bidding in the Women’s Premier League auction when Royal Chargers Bangalore signed her for Rs 3.4 crore.
Cooley was also unconcerned by the form of bowler Deepti Sharma whose four overs against Pakistan on Sunday went for 39 runs.
“She bowled three overs in the powerplay and one at the death with three fielders out,” Cooley said. “We know those are high pressure situations but who better to give the ball to than someone like Deepti? She is an exceptional player.
“The girls are very good at reviewing their own performances and they are very open to input. Deepti is one of our key players and she will go for a few runs some days. That’s the nature of T20. But she bowled in the high pressure situations and we believe she did a good job.”
Sharma has a good recent record against the West Indies, taking two for 29 and three for 11 in January’s two tri-series meetings between the sides.
“We know where we went wrong [in the tri-series],” said wicketkeeper Rashada Williams. “We know where we fell short, so it’s just for us to go there and turn up on the day.
“India will be coming hard and they are more aggressive in their latter part of their innings, so it’s just for us to control the game for as long as possible, especially in the last five because we know they’re going to come hard.
“We have to try and restrict them by bowling in the right areas.”
According to the format of the tournament, teams finishing in the top two in each of the two groups make it to the knockouts, which makes the game more important for West Indies, who lost their first match against England.
Mandhana participated in the team’s training session on Tuesday and according to the team’s bowling coach Troy Cooley, the 26-year-old left-handed opener did well in the nets.
“She has been working very hard and she will be assessed after training,” said Cooley. “She did everything that needed to be done and we are pretty confident she got through the session OK.”
Mandhana recently topped the bidding in the Women’s Premier League auction when Royal Chargers Bangalore signed her for Rs 3.4 crore.
Cooley was also unconcerned by the form of bowler Deepti Sharma whose four overs against Pakistan on Sunday went for 39 runs.
“She bowled three overs in the powerplay and one at the death with three fielders out,” Cooley said. “We know those are high pressure situations but who better to give the ball to than someone like Deepti? She is an exceptional player.
“The girls are very good at reviewing their own performances and they are very open to input. Deepti is one of our key players and she will go for a few runs some days. That’s the nature of T20. But she bowled in the high pressure situations and we believe she did a good job.”
Sharma has a good recent record against the West Indies, taking two for 29 and three for 11 in January’s two tri-series meetings between the sides.
“We know where we went wrong [in the tri-series],” said wicketkeeper Rashada Williams. “We know where we fell short, so it’s just for us to go there and turn up on the day.
“India will be coming hard and they are more aggressive in their latter part of their innings, so it’s just for us to control the game for as long as possible, especially in the last five because we know they’re going to come hard.
“We have to try and restrict them by bowling in the right areas.”
According to the format of the tournament, teams finishing in the top two in each of the two groups make it to the knockouts, which makes the game more important for West Indies, who lost their first match against England.
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