Head coach Ramesh Powar 'surprised' by India's batting performance in first 20 overs against NZ
Categories: Cricket 2022
India women's head coach Ramesh Powar said that the batting performance of the team in the first 20 overs against New Zealand surprised him.At the same time, Powar was confident that his side will bounce back after New Zealand trashed India by 62 runs in the ICC Women's ODI World Cup on Thursday.Powar explained how India's batting has been improved since the last three tours and now the team have been scoring more than 280 runs. "Nothing different. It's been a process for a while. If you have watched us in the last six months or last three tours, we've been improving as a batting unit, we used to struggle to get to 220 and have been scoring 270-280. It is up to the individuals now. As I always say, it is the players who go out there and face that pressure and come out of it with their own skills and character," added Power. Powar believes that the match against West Indies is a great opportunity for the team India to get back to winning ways.He further added that the Mithali Raj-led side is well aware of how to perform well against the variation of bowling attacks in the World Cup."We have been following a particular process for a long period of time on how to address particular bowling attacks or bowlers, be it be off-spinners, pacers, left-arm spinners or leg-spinners. Everyone in this batting unit knows how to react to certain bowling attacks."Mithali Raj-led India will face West Indies in their next match on Saturday.