‘Smriti Mandhana is world-class, will give India good start against Australia’

Indian ladies’s crew batting coach Shiv Sunder Das on Thursday promised a unique strategy to counter Australian bowlers and backed out-of-form opener Smriti Mandhana to return good within the second ODI in opposition to the hosts right here.
The match is scheduled for Friday.
India have been handed a nine-wicket trashing by Australia within the opening ODI of the three-match collection right here on Tuesday.
“We are looking at the top-order to give us a good start and the middle order — they have worked hard in the last few sessions, we have some plans. I think they’ll play differently in tomorrow’s game,” Das stated on the eve of the second ODI.
“We have Shafali (Verma) and Smriti… I am positive they will give a good start and once we score 60-70 runs in the 10 overs we can carry that momentum in the middle overs,” he added.
India, who’re aiming to publish 250 plus constantly fell wanting the mark as soon as once more, managing 225 for eight of their quota of fifty overs within the first ODI, however the batting coach stated the Mithali Raj-led aspect has a plan in place for the second recreation to maintain the scoreboard ticking.
“We are working on that aspect of the game, we are looking for a good start and in the middle overs we are looking at the average of five runs and in the end we are looking at six runs per over. That’s our batting plan.”
After the lack of openers Mandhana and Shafali Verma inside the primary six overs, India struggled to get going.
“We have addressed the problems within the first 10 overs however, within the center overs, working between the wickets we’re nonetheless engaged on.
“It’s a work in process, we have a few young batters in the side, we have to give them some time and once they get used to the conditions, they will definitely fire.”
Mandhana’s struggles with the bat within the format continued with the left-hander scoring simply 16 within the first ODI. The opener has breached the 50-run mark simply as soon as within the final 9 video games however Das is assured she is going to present the much-needed strong begin for India.
“I had a chat with her (Mandhana) and we have worked on her in the last two sessions, we have addressed the issues, she is a world-class player and we are backing her ability to get runs for us, and definitely, we’ll see the difference in tomorrow’s game.”
Mithali, who scored a 107 ball-63, was as soon as once more the highest scorer for the crew and requested if the opposite gamers are profiting from the skipper’s consistency, the coach stated the children within the aspect will carry out after they settle in.
“There are a lot of youngsters in the team, Yastika (Bhatia) got an opportunity and she batted really well. It is a huge challenge for them and all these wickets are good batting wicket and I hope they’ll perform well tomorrow.”