India is ousted from the Women’s T20 World Cup, in the league stages itself, and coach Amol Muzumdar has identified two areas — bowling and fielding, that need improvement. For him, batting has shown ‘intent’, and that in coming 18 months, this Indian attack will be a different one, from what it is now, at present. The coach also clarified, that there was a need to rethink the T20I strategy.
Batting unit showing intent
“I think we really have to rethink our strategy for our T20 game,” the India coach said post one-sided loss to Australia. “We really need to put our heads around what combinations we are going to play. With the bat, I think we have been batting with a lot of intent,” he said.
“We have been positive in our thinking. We have been thinking about fours and sixes. As modern-day cricket is all about, I guess T20 cricket is all about fours and sixes. And so we have been thinking and we have been playing in that fashion for sure.
“It’s just that I think our bowling also needs to up the ante a little bit. I don’t think our bowling or our fielding helped the cause, to be very honest. So I guess we need to really go back and think how we’re going to approach the T20 game and also be in that positive frame of mind.”
Bowling & fielding issues persist
Muzumdar, even though critical of the bowling, enforced certain trust in the very same bunch of players, who will deliver in the times to come. “If you look at our bowling attack, it’s been very inexperienced as far as international cricket is concerned,” he noted. “So I’ve said this before in the previous press conference that give us 18 months and this attack will be a different one.”
For the unversed, except for Shree Charani, who has 14 wickets in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, no other bowler showed consistency. The next best was Deepti Sharma, bagging 7 wickets in 5 matches, followed by Shafali Verma with 5 wickets. India pacers were poor, with Nandni Sharma bagging 3 and Renuka Singh getting 2. Kranti Gaud and Arundhati Reddy went wicketless.
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