“We’ll sit down and review — see what went well, where we can improve, and how we can keep learning every day. There’ll be a meeting for that. One game won’t change our mindset. We’ll plan things step by step during practice sessions and stay positive. Whatever lessons we got from today’s match, we’ll carry those forward.”
It’s vital India identifies the necessary learnings — they play unbeaten reigning champions Australia on Sunday. Following the Aussies, India’s next two matches are against fellow heavyweights England and New Zealand. And they will need Ghosh to remain at her hard-hitting best.
“If the ball was in my zone, I went for the shot; if not, I tried to rotate the strike as much as possible because the partnership was most important,” she continued.
“That was what was going on in my mind. And because everyone trusts me, I think that gave me confidence too.”
India Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana
