“I believe Shafali had a terrific match and it is good to see someone like Shefali who’s taking the duty and doing the job with bat and ball,” Harmanpreet stated. “I am unable to ask anything from her. It is all about taking part in good cricket and I’m very joyful about that. We set some actually excessive requirements for us and we needed to match them day-after-day.”
“I believe our batting was actually sturdy. We began off actually properly. That is what we spoke about within the conferences. The ladies went on to execute issues actually properly.”
India batted first after profitable the toss, a tactic which Muzumdar stated was on their minds, making an allowance for the sluggish nature of the Dubai pitches. As soon as India posted 183 for five, their foremost goal was taking out Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu, which they managed pretty early and it was a stroll within the park thereon. Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 111.
“When you see all through the fortnight, I believe the pitches have been on the slower aspect they usually turned fairly a bit. So, placing the rating on the board after which defending it, we did have the luxurious of getting three good high quality spinners in our ranks. So, I believe that was predominantly the tactic: Put the rating on the board after which go on the market and defend,” Muzumdar stated.
“Then, we went again to the five-match sequence that we performed in December towards Sri Lanka in India and the way we dismissed Chamari. An important wicket so far as Sri Lanka is anxious. So, I assumed that was the plan. However I am glad that Deepti went on to execute it properly.”