Women’s T20 Challenge 2022: Smriti Mandhana vows to return again stronger after Trailblazers lose opening match

On Monday, May 23, Smriti Mandhana’s Trailblazers confronted a heavy 49-run defeat by the hands of Harmanpreet Kaur’s Supernovas on the MCA Stadium.

Smriti Mandhana of Trailblazers. Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSOn Monday, Trailblazers misplaced to Supernovas by 49 runsMandhana scored a well-made 23-ball 34The Trailblazers will subsequent face Velocity on Thursday

Trailblazers’ skipper Smriti Mandhana mentioned that dropping wickets in clusters didn’t assist her group in opposition to the Supernovas within the opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge on Monday, May 23 on the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune.

After being requested to 164, the Trailblazers made a powerful begin courtesy of a 39-run partnership between Mandhana and Hayley Matthews. But from there on, the Trailblazers misplaced their option to a big extent and managed to attain solely 113/9, thereby dropping the match by 49 runs.

Mandhana, who scored a 23-ball 34 on the prime order, reckoned that her group wanted to rotate the strike extra typically to place the bowlers underneath strain. However, she additionally praised the bowlers for not permitting the Supernovas batters to run away with the match.

COME BACK STRONGER

“Definitely not the result we wanted, we did well to restrict them to 160. On the batting, we were on course to chase it but lost too many wickets, that’s something we need to work on. We were at par with them till the 9th over, but lost track. We need to take more singles and doubles, that is something that is underrated,” Mandhana was quoted as saying.

“I told the bowlers the wicket is good and the outfield is quick, so the message was they shouldn’t panic even if they go for runs. We need to think about the batting line-up, with the rest we will come back stronger in the next game,” she added.

The Trailblazers will subsequent face Deepti Sharma’s Velocity of their must-win encounter on Thursday, May 26 in Pune. They are presently positioned on the backside of the factors desk with a internet run fee of -2.450.