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‘I was unhappy with our fielding’: Harmanpreet Kaur after big defeat to Australia – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur voiced her discontent with the team's fielding performance and urged her players to adopt a more aggressive approach after their decisive six-wicket defeat to Australia in the opening one-day match.Despite India posting their highest-ever ODI total of 282/8 against Australia, the visitors successfully chased down the target in the 47th over.Openers Phoebe Litchfield (78) and Ellyse Perry (75) crafted a formidable 148-run partnership, taking advantage of lapses in the Indian fielding.The lackluster fielding from India allowed Phoebe, Ellyse, Tahlia McGrath (68 off 55 balls), and Beth Mooney (42) to capitalize and comfortably achieve the target."We managed to get a defendable total. Bowlers did their job but fielding didn't work wel...
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Jhulan Goswami writes for Diana Edulji: ‘One of biggest regrets of my career was I never got to play against you’

Former India cricketer Jhulan Goswami had penned a heartfelt letter to her idol Diana Edulji after the ICC announced that the Indian cricket legend was going to be inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame.Besides Edulji, former India opener Virender Sehwag and Sri Lanka superstar Aravinda de Silva will also be induced into the Hall of Fame this year. A trailblazer for women’s cricket in India, Edulji played 54 matches for India over three different decades. This included 20 Tests (where she scored 404 runs and took 63 wickets at an average of 25.77) and 34 ODIs (211 runs, 46 wickets at an average of 16.84). IN her playing days, while she made her mark as a slow left-arm orthodox spinner who bagged over 100 wickets for her country, after retirement she excelled in her role as an administrator. ...
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Hanghzou Asian Games | India gets second gold as Titas blows away Sri Lanka in women’s cricket final

Titas Sadhu of India in action as Oshadi Udeshika Ranasinghe of Sri Lanka looks on during the 2022 Asian Games women’s Cricket gold medal match between India and Sri Lanka on September 25, 2023 in Hangzhou, China. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Rookie pacer Titas Sadhu singlehandedly earned a gold medal for the Indian women's cricket team in its maiden appearance as it defeated Sri Lanka by 19 runs in a low-scoring final of the Asian Games in Hangzhou on September 25.On a pitch difficult for batting, the Indian women's team struggled to 116 for seven but it was just about par score.However Titas, who is just four days shy of her 19th birthday, bowled a devastating first spell and finished with superb figures of 4-1-6-3 to play a big role in restricting Sri Lanka to 97 for eight in 20 ove...