Leading India in place of injured Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana looked short of ideas against the World T20 runner-up England in the first game of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mandhana, new to her role, couldn\u2019t guide the bowlers and under pressure kept changing the field after every other ball, which helped the visitors to comfortably post 160 for four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was leading the team for the first time and I\u2019ve got a lot of takeaways from it. As a captain, I\u2019ve to learn from the mistakes I made today else I won\u2019t learn. I won\u2019t be able to improve as a captain,\u201d she said after the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe had two sets of plans for each batter if the first wasn\u2019t working we were going to the second plan. We\u2019ll plan better and I\u2019ll be more pro-active next time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chasing the mammoth total, Indian top order was not able to provide a good start as they lost three quick wickets. England at regular intervals kept on taking wickets and India fell like a pack of cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn T20s two wickets should not fall in the span of three or four balls. We lost our top three batters in the span of three balls. I think that makes the batting order look very thin. As a batting unit, we should take the responsibility to chase this kind of total, Mandhana pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a batter, I feel top four are playing for a long time now. Me, Mithali , Jemimah we\u2019ll have to take more responsibility to bat through and take the team through because we have to give cushions to youngsters,\u201d the debut captain said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDeepti is really important batter for us. She\u2019s been very flexible to change her positions. In T20s it is difficult to have the same batting order as it depends on the situation. We might send Deepti even early say two down maybe afterwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harleen Deol, who replaced Harmanpreet in the three ODIs, earned her maiden India call-up for the T20I series as well. Playing in her first game, Deol seemed confident but could not settle as she was dismissed off fast bowler Katherine Brunt under third over of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a captain, I don\u2019t look at the way she was out. The way she was batting, she looked very positive and good. I don\u2019t think there is any problem in that. I just want players to look confident because if they are confident enough I don\u2019t look at what they have scored. It was her first match, just to expect her to go out and get a hundred is too much. She will definitely get her chances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you look at the number of matches everyone has played, it is just six to eight. I don\u2019t think it the right time to experiment, we\u2019ll have to stick to same batting order. We\u2019ll give them more game time to prove themselves. When I came in the team, I don\u2019t think I started scoring in the second or third match. So everybody will get their chances but we are looking to win the matches rather than experimenting. We won\u2019t be looking at too many changes because of one loss,\u201d Mandhana said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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