We Are Hurting After T20 World Cup, But Need To Gather Ourselves Against New Zealand: Amol Muzumdar

India women's head coach Amol Muzumdar exhorted the side to push behind the "hurt" of the T20 World Cup and regroup for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, beginning in Ahmedabad Thursday. New Zealand, who eventually lifted the ICC showpiece, had beaten India in their World Cup opener in the UAE recently, as the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side failed to enter the knockouts. "It'll be an understatement to say that we were disappointed from the World Cup, as the team and the players have been hurting. But we need to gather ourselves and look at the positives that we have done in the last 10 months as a group," Muzumdar told the media on the eve of the first one-dayer here.

Muzumdar reminisced about the team's dominant run over South Africa recently in Bengaluru, winning the ODI series 3-0, and asked the team to concentrate on its strengths.

"We'd won 3-0 against South Africa just a couple of months back in Bangalore. So, we are really looking forward to the series (against NZ). It's an important series.

"We are a formidable team and we want to focus on our strengths and work on the areas to improve. I'm sure this is going to be a very well-fought series," he added.

India will miss the services of injured spinner Asha Sobhana and Richa Ghosh, who is sitting for her board examination, for this series.

However, Muzumdar said his team has enough depth.

"A couple of them were forced changes. There won't be many changes (as season goes ahead) because this team is very capable. We have got enough depth. We believe in their talent and ability and move ahead," he added.

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