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| Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh are not traditional batters; they like to play short balls: Harmanpreet Kaur | | | agencies
NEW DELHI, Feb 16: India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur believes young opener Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh not being groomed in the traditional mould like some stalwarts is helping them experiment with shots and bring a different flavour to the lineup Both Shafali (28 off 23 balls) and middle-order batter Richa (44 not out off 32 balls) played some daring shots and scored brisk runs on Wednesday as India defeated the West Indies by six wickets with 11 balls to spare in their Women's T20 World Cup group match.
Harmanpreet said the two youngsters enjoy playing the short balls, which is a departure from the traditional batters who prefer conservative strokes like the drives and cuts.
Complimenting the two after the pair played vital innings with the bat, Harmanpreet said, "Well, they (Shafali and Richa) are someone who really like to play short balls. They are not the traditional Indian batters who like to play the drives and stuff like that. I think they are someone who really enjoy the short balls and they are now with the senior team for a long time.
"They have already, I guess they have played more than 50 matches now. They know what international cricket is and what type of balls you are going to face, when you are going to bat, what speed is going to come and I think they are mature enough.
"Good to see that they are taking responsibility and taking us through from any situation."
The skipper added that the pair had given India a deep batting lineup, which was translating into more confidence in the side.
"Well, now we have a long batting line-up and we only discussed we just need to go and express. We are not going to put any extra pressure on ourselves because everyone in the team, they are capable of winning the game and we are just trusting each other.
"Whoever is in the middle, we are showing the trust that the person can pull the game for us," added Harmanpreet. |
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