Mumbai, Dec 13: High on confidence after an inspirational ‘Super Over’ win, Indian women will look to maintain momentum with improved fielding and bowling performance against the mighty Australia in the third T20I here on Wednesday.
After the first two games at a packed D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, the cricket caravan moves to the iconic Brabourne Stadium in the Southern part of the ‘Maximum City’ where another belter of a track awaits the two teams.
The game on Sunday turned out be a perfect advert for women’s cricket with a 47,000 plus crowd witnessing an edge of the seat thriller.
For a change, India, who have often gone suicidal from winning positions against Australia, were finally able to end up on the right side of the result.
However, the famous win is in the past now, and as pointed out by batting coach (acting head coach) Hrishikesh Kanitkar in a stirring speech after the game, India have a lot of work to do with the five-match series locked at 1-1. The ability has always been there to regularly compete with the likes of Australia but India need to do the little things to gain the remarkable consistency of their rivals.
Indian batters have done their job but the bowling and fielding in the first two games left a lot to be desired.
Match starts at 7 pm today. (PTI)
