India may not have a chance to salvage the ODI collection towards Australia, with the customer taking an unassailable 2-0 lead. Nonetheless, the third recreation at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday offers the host an opportunity to experiment because it prepares for the 2025 ODI World Cup scheduled in India.
Coach Amol Muzumdar’s determination to advertise Richa Ghosh, seen typically as a potent finisher, to quantity three within the second ODI puzzled many. He selected to again her top-order credentials which have introduced her success within the home circuit for Bengal with the Indian aspect as properly.
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This implies Muzumdar views Jemimah Rodrigues, a middle-order mainstay, extra within the quantity 5 slot. Within the 26 ODIs she has performed, Jemimah has performed solely three matches in that place and has 178 runs to her title. Her high two scores of 86 and 82 each got here on this slot.
Muzumdar additionally dropped Shafali Verma and Saika Ishaque on this recreation.
Shafali’s unusual run with the bat (She has scores of 1,4,0,8,1 in her final 5 ODIs) gave Yastika Bhatia an opportunity to maintain her place within the high order.
“I assumed Yastika performed properly within the first ODI, she acquired 49, and we thought we must always proceed along with her. Shafali is part of the crew. We had a protracted chat and conveyed it to her in the very best method. We will probably be working along with her over the following couple of days as a result of the T20I collection is arising,” Muzumdar mentioned.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led outfit might want to lock roles for its batting order with an eye fixed on the decrease center order. Sending Deepti Sharma at quantity six didn’t work out, with the allrounder managing a strained 36-ball 24.
Pooja Vastrakar, who scored a brisk 46-ball 62 at a strike price of 134.78 within the opening ODI, was despatched in at quantity eight with the scoreboard strain rising with every supply. Nonetheless, Muzumdar insisted that one couldn’t place blame on one participant.
“On the finish of the day, we will say we missed out by three runs, however 600 balls have been bowled within the recreation. I might not like to call anybody for the defeat. Most likely another shot or another cease within the area might have executed the trick,” he mentioned.