Hamilton
Whitewashed by New Zealand women in the three-match T20 series, India opener Smriti Mandhana on Sunday said her team needs to address its batting woes, especially after losing all the games from winning positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India almost pulled off a dramatic win but failed to score a boundary in the final delivery to lose the third and final T20 by a mere two runs here.
\nChasing 162, Mandhana took the Indian team on course for a consolation win with a career-best knock of 86 from 52 balls but the visiting side failed to build on her scintillating knock to end the innings at 159 for 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mandhana returned as the highest run-getter in the T20 series, amassing 180 runs from three games at an average of 60, including two half-centuries. But she didn\u2019t get enough support from the other end and the left-hander rued her inability to get India home on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really wanted to finish the game for India. I have never been that animated ever. I badly wanted to do it today and help the team get over the line but unfortunately, I couldn\u2019t,\u201d the southpaw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Counting on the positives from the New Zealand tour, Mandhana said: \u201cWe have done a lot of good things. We really played well in the first two matches of the ODI series. But we became a little complacent after that and we will try to go with the same intensity in all the future matches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mandhana was delighted to see the crowd response in the entire tour and hoped for same response from the fans of women\u2019s cricket in future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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