Indian ladies’s cricket group fielding coach Munish Bali lauded Uma Chetry for her fielding expertise, and mentioned the younger wicket-keeper is a “ really hard-working cricketer”.
Chetry, 21, made her T20 Worldwide debut in opposition to South Africa within the deserted second sport of the three-match sequence right here on Sunday, and inflicted a stumping off Deepti Sharma’s bowling to eliminate a well-settled Tanzim Brits.
This was after Chetry had earlier missed the same probability in opposition to Brits as she collected the ball forward of the stumps.
However Bali backed the teen and recalled how she had bravely fielded on the short-leg throughout the Take a look at match in opposition to South Africa final week.
“I used to be comfortable when she was handed her debut cap. In the course of the Take a look at, she fielded for round 70-80 overs — she is a courageous woman,” he mentioned throughout the post-match press convention.
“Standing on the short-leg is just not straightforward. She acquired hit by the ball, however she stood there in ache. She has nice angle and is a really hard-working cricketer. I used to be so comfortable for her to have stumped Brits.” Rain washed out the second T20I between India and South Africa with the vacationers setting the hosts a goal of 178 to degree the sequence.
Regardless of some slip-ups on the sector, Bali was total content material with the group’s effort. “It’s troublesome to grip the ball when it’s drizzling. However nonetheless, we fielded very properly. We’re engaged on it (fielding) and it’s in progress as we maintain getting higher slowly. “Nobody drops catches deliberately. The gamers have been practising laborious throughout our (coaching) classes, giving their greatest. At occasions, issues click on, and generally, it doesn’t. Errors occur throughout matches. So, we maintain telling them to maintain giving their greatest and outcomes will observe,” he mentioned.
Bali additionally praised the bowling effort of spinner Deepti Sharma, who returned with with figures of two for 20. “She (Deepti) is an skilled bowler. Having performed all three codecs, she is aware of the place her energy lies, and he or she retains backing herself. Additionally, her expertise of bowling on the demise is immense, which makes her a really good bowler.”
I attempt to be current within the sport and do the very best I can: Anneke Bosch
In the meantime, South Africa all-rounder Anneke Bosch is just not bothered about her choice for the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October.
“… however, you continue to can’t be certain if you’re going to get an opportunity or not and it’s by no means assured,” mentioned Bosch, who scored a 32-ball 40 on and shared a 38-run stand with Brits on Sunday.
“So, it helps, however I don’t give attention to that an excessive amount of. I attempt to be current within the sport and attempt to do the very best I can at that second. No matter is supposed to be, it will likely be.”