Indian Women's Cricket

[rajitghosh]

2007.... India wins T20 World Cup
2008: IPL starts
India never wins a T20 World Cup again
2023: India wins women's under-19 T20 World Cup
2023: WIPL starts
I wonder......

[Atithee]

^^ Agree. I’ve always maintained that the IPL has benefited foreign teams at the expense of Indian team not withstanding the mediocrity being financially rewarded for Indian players.

And, U-19 doesn’t mean a whole lot anyway vis-à-vis competition.

[PKBasu]

Strong performance by the under-19 women. With Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh already quite experienced in the full India team, India were always looking strong going into the under-19 T20 women's World Cup. But it still requires strong performances and nerves to beat England and Australia at any level of the game. That the India under-19 girls pulled it off is entirely to their credit.

[Atithee]

^^India lost very badly to Australia. I don’t think they beat them at any stage.

[prasen9]

^^ Agree. I’ve always maintained that the IPL has benefited foreign teams at the expense of Indian team not withstanding the mediocrity being financially rewarded for Indian players.

And, U-19 doesn’t mean a whole lot anyway vis-à-vis competition.

I agree fully. However, you also have to take into account the other policy of BCCI not allowing Indian players to play abroad in the other leagues. That means our players don't get that much experience except a few exceptions here and there. It would be great for junior players and upcoming players to try to get a contract outside and get some experience in different kinds of wickets. But, no! Stupidity. We should open the IPL teams and allow them to get any number of foreigners. That way the standard will improve and we will have performance in the IPL meaning something. Right now, the IPL is sort of weak. Good performers there struggle at the international level. I also think severl foreign players come to India, coast a bit during the IPL, pick up a fat check and go. Maybe the IPL teams should be allowed to have some performance-based riders?

[rajitghosh]

At the Women's T20 World Cup India won their first 2 pool matches against Pakistan and West Indies but lost to England. Richa Ghosh has played brilliant knocks in all 3 matches. There have been other good performances also but I think India will lose to Australia in the semis.

[prasen9]

Richa Ghosh needs to bat one position up at least. She is perhaps the best batter in the team. SR of around 135 and averaging around 30. Phenomenal kid. Harmanpreet and Jemima are relatively slow. Maybe open with Richa to experiment against some of the weaker teams if they have any such matches.

Overall figures
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SRDescending 100 50 0 4s 6s
RM Ghosh 2021-2023 30 25 9 500 47* 31.25 349 143.26 0 0 1 57 18 investigate this query
S Mandhana 2021-2023 39 37 6 997 79* 32.16 764 130.49 0 9 1 147 19 investigate this query
Shafali Verma 2021-2023 35 35 0 813 60 23.22 641 126.83 0 3 2 101 27 investigate this query
DB Sharma 2021-2023 42 29 16 498 64 38.30 401 124.18 0 2 0 47 6 investigate this query
P Vastrakar 2021-2023 26 17 7 154 37* 15.40 125 123.20 0 0 1 14 4 investigate this query
H Kaur 2021-2023 35 32 6 807 65 31.03 680 118.67 0 3 1 92 11 investigate this query
JI Rodrigues 2021-2023 34 30 10 712 76 35.60 620 114.83 0 4 2 86 3 investigate this query
S Meghana 2022-2022 11 10 1 204 69 22.66 189 107.93 0 1 2 31 2 investigate this query
DP Vaidya 2022-2023 11 7 3 89 32 22.25 90 98.88 0 0 0 7 1 investigate this query
D Hemalatha 2022-2022 8 7 2 64 20 12.80 67 95.52 0 0 1 7 1 investigate this query
H Deol 2021-2023 16 12 2 222 52 22.20 238 93.27 0 1 0 25 1 investigate this query
YH Bhatia 2021-2023 14 9 0 142 35 15.77 164 86.58 0 0 0 14 2

Last two years, batter should have scored at least 50 runs total to keep out the odd bowlers.

Richa, Smriti, Shafali, Deepti, Harmanpreet, Jemima

should be our top six - perhaps in that order. Harman and Jemima score runs but soak up a lot of balls. We can't afford all that. That is what happened against England. Richa ran out of balls.

[PKBasu]

I don't think it's worthwhile to experiment with pushing Richa to open in the SF or final. She could move up one slot in the batting order (to #4), but Shafali Verma is the right one to partner Mandhana. Shafali is due a big score, and let's hope it comes in the crucial SF against Australia.

[Atithee]

Moving Richa up would be a big mistake. The reason she is scoring well at this position is perhaps because she is able to adopt a free hit approach given the situation she normally arrives at in matches (slog from first ball). Leave her alone.

It’s the captain (HK) who has been failing consistently to be honest. Varma hasn’t really justified her stature either. This is what puts us in pressure match after match.

[ssp]

We will lose to Australia 9/10 times and England about 7/10. Doesn't really matter on batting order or players picked.

[Atithee]

^^I know ssp! Maybe Kaur will play another blinder like that Australia game one day that matters like tomorrow.

[suresh]

We will lose to Australia 9/10 times and England about 7/10. Doesn't really matter on batting order or players picked.

All we need is the 1/10 event to happen in the SF.

[prasen9]

Moving Richa up would be a big mistake. The reason she is scoring well at this position is perhaps because she is able to adopt a free hit approach given the situation she normally arrives at in matches (slog from first ball). Leave her alone.

Who says that she has to change and should not slog from the first ball if she is moved up? I do not think that the strategy that most teams use, which is to keep the runscoring to the end and wickets to the end works that well. Or there is a reason to do so. You do need a few balls to get a bit used to. After that, you hit at the required run-rate.

It’s the captain (HK) who has been failing consistently to be honest. Varma hasn’t really justified her stature either. This is what puts us in pressure match after match.

HK and Jemima are really slow. That is the problem. HK also said that they have to pick singles, which is spot on. And, add to it, figure out which parts and at what rate you should hit a ball to get twos. HK and Jemima have two gears. Slow and then try to hit sixes and get out. Cut down the risk. Try for fours. If they are blocked, then the singles should be easy and a slower push to a vacant area can get twos. It is all about strategy if you do not have the muscle.

Richa moves up and she plays the same. That is what I want. Just because you are moved up does not mean you have some special responsibility. See Surya. He hits and gets out. Or else, we win.

[rajitghosh]

Finally as expected it was a narrow loss. Close but not there
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[Rajkumar Sharma]

Team is turning out to be ICC Knockout Chokers