India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded her bowlers and the fielding unit after the staff’s triumphant marketing campaign within the Ladies’s Asia Cup, which ended with a lop-sided ultimate in opposition to Sri Lanka right here on Saturday.
India maintained their dominance within the event with an eight-wicket demolition of a self-destructing Sri Lanka within the title conflict for his or her seventh title in eight editions.
Sri Lanka, who have been taking part in their first event ultimate in 14 years, imploded after opting to bat on pitch that was gradual and supplied flip. They might solely handle 65 for 9 which India knocked off in 8.3 overs. Smriti Mandhana struck a elegant 51 not out off 25 balls.
“We should always credit score our bowlers. Our fielding unit was good from ball one and we mentioned that we must always not give away simple runs. You must learn the wicket and accordingly place the fielders in proper positions,” Harmanpreet mentioned on the presentation ceremony.
“We learn the wicket effectively and positioned fielders accordingly. We weren’t trying on the scoreboard however solely determined our five-over targets. We by no means considered what’s the complete on the board and batted accordingly.” Participant of the Match Renuka Singh despatched again Hasini Perera on the very first ball she confronted.
The pacer completed with wonderful figures of three/5 within the ultimate.
“Very pleased as a result of the previous few video games I didn’t bowl effectively. I practiced with my coach and the employees and so they actually helped me get again my rhythm.
“Simply focussed on my fundamentals and acquired success. My complete staff supported me very well and credit score ought to go to my captain, coach and the employees,” Renuka mentioned.
All-rounder Deepti Sharma, who gave away simply seven runs in her 4 overs, was declared the Participant of the Sequence.
“Actually proud of the way in which we carried out as unit from the primary sport until at the moment. We executed what was mentioned within the assembly. I simply again my strengths and people issues helped me lots on this event.
“The wickets have been gradual and earlier than this event, I labored lots on my batting and people classes actually helped me. This win provides us a number of confidence going into the upcoming collection as effectively,” Deepti mentioned.
After an outing wherein her staff simply didn’t flip up, Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu expressed her disappointment, although she was proud of the bowlers.
“Powerful day as a staff, not an excellent batting show within the finals and I’m actually upset at the moment. Subsequent we have now T20 World Cup and we realized a number of issues on this event and as a batting unit, we have now to stay with our plans. I’m actually proud of my bowling unit.
“We’ve a few younger gamers and hope they proceed their performances as a batting unit. We do not need a number of skilled gamers, however they’re good gamers and assume they may play a number of cricket sooner or later,” Chamari mentioned.
The Indians bowled with self-discipline however poor shot choice contributed extra to Sri Lanka’s steep slide. After a memorable win over Pakistan within the semifinals, it appeared the event acquired the higher of Sri Lanka.