India all-rounder Deepti Sharma is pleased with their overall effort and said they will look to take positives from the Tri-series into the ICC Women's T20 World Cup beginning on February 10. (More Cricket News)
The Indian women's team, which had secured a maiden final finish in the 2020 ICC T20 World Cuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚp, suffered a five-wicket loss to hosts South Africa in the Tri-series final on Thursday. "There are lots of positives from the series, we did well as a bowling and batting unit. We have to just carry on these things in the World Cup as well," Sharma said in the post-match press-conference.
"Whether we play England or any other team, we have to just fꦏocus on the things we did well here and continue doing that over there as well.
💞"Obviously South Africa have home conditions. But as a team, we have to carry forward what we have done right in the Tri-series and not think about the opposition but our own team, what we can do better." Adjudged player-of the-series for taking nine wickets in five matches, Sharma said she 𒐪got a lot of help from the wickets in South Africa.
"We have played in South Af𝔉rican wickets, spinners get turn here. All these matches that we played in the Tri-series, we got a lot of help from the wicket," she said.
"Harry di (Harmanpreet Kaur) also told me that I should just pick my spot and keep bowling a♐ccording to the situation and I think w🐠e produced a good bowling effort and bowled according to the plan." The 25-year-old has taken 96 wickets from 87 T20Is so far in her career.
"I had worked with single wicket with different balls like heavy ball, light ball. It was a turning wicket🏅, so I got a lot o꧅f help. I bowled to my strength," Sharma said.
"In the powerplay, I go for breakthroughs and it helped the team. Whatever sessions that I did before the World Cup has helped me in my bowling." India will open their World Cup ca♒mpaign against Pakistan on February 12 at Newlands, Cape Town.
