England vs India, 2nd T20I: Harmanpreet Kaur And Co. Look For Improved Batting Effort In Must-Win Game Against England

12.09.2022 - 16:31 sports.ndtv.com

After an underwhelming performance in the series opener against England, the Indian women's cricket team will be eyeing a much improved batting effort in the second T20 in Derby on Tuesday.

The first game at Chester-Le-Street saw the Indian batters coming a cropper against the English bowlers. "We discussed a few things after the first game.

We obviously didn't play the brand of cricket we played over the last few months. We really need to match the standards of what we have achieved in the past.

It was a bit disappointing but it was just another bad day," said opener Smriti Mandhana in pre-match press conference. "Need to improve our batting in the middle overs" Smriti reiterated on what skipper Harmanpreet Kaur had to say after the loss in the first game on the unfit conditions at Chester-Le-Street but admitted that the team really need to improve its batting especially in the middle overs. "Yes, the conditions were not that good in the first game and there were patches on the outfield too.

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