Indian girls’s cricket crew head coach Amol Muzumdar mentioned his crew is doing all the pieces it might probably to enhance its fielding requirements.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led facet romped to the Ladies’s Asia Cup 2026 title however dedicated a number of errors on the sphere alongside the best way.
The facet dropped 13 catches in 5 matches earlier than beating Sri Lanka by 72 runs on Sunday right here to reclaim the trophy.
“In fact, there’s scope for enchancment. However having mentioned that, we now have been fielding rather well,” Muzumdar instructed reporters after the match.
“Now we have been working actually arduous on that facet. Now we have put in quite a lot of hours. A variety of coaching has gone in. There may be scope for enchancment in that facet. However we’re placing in all our arduous work and trustworthy effort in direction of bettering that,” he added.
Muzumdar mentioned Indian gamers had labored extensively on their health and working between the wickets within the camp held earlier than the Asia Cup.
“In our camps, it’s actual arduous work that we put in. A variety of emphasis was placed on the fielding facet. The health half was taken care of rather well within the camp previous to this event and in addition the working between the wickets,” he mentioned.
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The top coach additionally performed down the dearth of runs from the center order through the event, together with skipper Harmanpreet.
“Now we have had some beautiful scores given the circumstances right here. I don’t assume there was something relating to the center order. We don’t have any considerations relating to that,” he mentioned.
“Now we have had some superb opening partnerships; Shafali (Verma) and Smriti (Mandhana) have been batting rather well. That’s the character of the sport, you can’t have everybody scoring runs,” he added.
– Inputs from PTI
Revealed on Sep 14, 2026