The Indian women’s team is currently struggling in South Africa. Tonight they play the fourth game of a five-game game, after having lost the previous three and, therefore, the series. The Indian bowlers have not made much of an impact so far, especially in the powerplay, but it is not something that worries head coach Amol Muzumdar too much.
The Indian women have so far taken only one wicket in the powerplay, and South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has been particularly behind them with two fifties and a century. In the third match, thanks to his ton, South Africa comfortably chased down 192, the third highest chase in T20I history.
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“If you look at the series from the Indian perspective, I think our main concern would be wickets in the powerplay, and we have had a very good talk about it, a very good meeting about it, and that is one of the concerns of this tour that has been underpinned, but I am sure that the bowlers and everyone are capable enough to come up with products in the future games,” icc-cricket.com quoted Muzumdar.
“I think there is not much concern as far as the senior players are concerned, as I said before, the only thing we were really concentrating on, when we have done well in T20 cricket in the last 2 years, we have managed to take wickets at regular intervals.
“I think that was one of the key things about this series, that we haven’t gotten enough wickets, we know that very well and we have fixed it,” said the former Mumbai first-class player.
The Olympic Games are far away!
Later this year, in June, India will travel to England for the T20 World Cup. An event the team has never won. And then there is the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where cricket returns after 128 years. When asked how important the Olympics were to his team, Muzumdar refused to look that far ahead.
“There is no doubt about the Olympic Games, but they are a couple of years away. Therefore, all our attention and all our energy is focused on June 2026, instead of thinking about 2028.
“It would surely be a major event. Women’s cricket at the Olympics would be the highlight, as far as cricket is concerned. We would be looking forward to it.”
“But right now, what we are really focusing on is the T20 World Cup, which would be held in England in June 2026. All our attention and our energies are on that,” he said.
