Sports Desk, AnyTV, Hamilton
Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:27 AM IST
Summary
Talking about the points table, the Indian team has slipped from third to fifth position with one loss and one win and two points from two matches.
Mithali Raj
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On Thursday, India had to face defeat against New Zealand in the Women’s World Cup. Indian captain Mithali Raj was upset with this defeat. He blamed it on the batsmen. Batting first in the match played in Hamilton on Thursday, hosts New Zealand scored 260 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs. In reply, Team India was all out on 198.
What did Mithali say after the defeat?
After this defeat, Mithali said – Our top order and middle order batsmen will have to score runs. So far we have seen that the front team is still scoring 250-260 runs while batting first. So we also have to improve our batting. I thought we would achieve the target given by New Zealand, because the batsmen were scoring runs in the top order, but it became difficult due to the fall of wickets at frequent intervals. We don’t have any batsman who can take the match till the end.
“Our bowlers did well”
Mithali said – There was bounce in the pitch and the ball was coming well on the bat. The New Zealand fast bowlers bowled in the right places. However, it was not as if they could not be played. We could have done better. Our bowlers did a great job. The Kiwis put on a big partnership after losing some early wickets and we were looking for 270 plus runs but we stopped them for a low score. The pitch slowed down a bit in the second innings.
India is at number five in the points table
This was India’s second match of this tournament. Earlier, Team India had defeated Pakistan by 107 runs in their first match. Now on March 12, the Indian team will take on the West Indies team in their third match. Windies are in excellent form and have won both their matches. Talking about the points table, the Indian team has slipped from third to fifth position with one loss and one win and two points from two matches.
At the same time, New Zealand’s team has reached the second place with two wins and one loss and four points from three matches. Australia are on top with four points from two matches and West Indies are third with four points. Pakistan’s team is at the bottom at number eight with two out of two losses.