Taunton: Veteran India seamer Jhulan Goswami came out in support of her teammates stating that the bowling unit will come back strongly in the second women’s ODI against England. India crumbled to an eight-wicket loss in the first ODI.
Defending 201, the Indian seamers apart from Goswami (1/25) failed to make an impact with the likes of Pooja Vastrakar (0/23) and Shikha Pandey (0/30) returning empty-handed.
“We need to come back as a bowling group strongly. We have discussed a lot of things, hopefully, we can sort it out and come back strongly. You have to believe in these bowlers, they are your best bowlers, they have the ability,” Goswami was quoted as saying to ANI.
“Both of our medium-pacers Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar and we have another two pacers in the side, all are very good cricketers. Shikha is coming back from a break.
Puja is playing after a long time.
“They are quality bowlers. They need a little bit of time, they will do well. They have won matches single-handedly for India. We just need to give them some time, they will come back strongly. I have a lot of confidence in them,” the 38-year-old added.
Goswami also indicated that the team will be trying out multiple options in the upcoming matches and beyond to find out which combination will work best for next year’s 50-over World Cup in New Zealand.
“Well, we are trying to settle our combination. We are trying to create a few options. Now which options will click for us, we are (still) searching for that. Whatever things will happen, the management will take a call before the World Cup. Before the World Cup, we are trying to settle down a few things. Hopefully, in the coming matches, coming series, we will sort out all those things,” she concluded.
Earlier, skipper Mithali Raj also said that their seam attack department needs to rise and bowl according to the situation. “Clearly, our seam bowling. If we don’t get a wicket from a seamer, it puts a lot pressure on the spinner. So we need to take care of fast bowlers other than Julan. They should understand the condition and learn how to bowl well accordingly,” Mithali stated.
