Deepti Sharma

2022 - 12 - 10

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Mindset is to maximise runs off minimum balls available: Deepti ... (News Room Odisha)

Navi Mumbai: In the first T20I at the DY Patil Stadium on Friday, India were 132/5 with three overs to go, and suddenly the 150-mark looked a little far as ...

As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those to bowl according to the field.” “I have played against her in domestic cricket – I played the (Senior Women’s T20 Trophy) final for Bengal against Railways. “Definitely, the first half was pretty good but the second half didn’t go as well. I followed all of those in the practice sessions in lead-up to the series. The boisterous crowd in excess of 25,000, which was having a joyful time, was starting to feel nervous and were quiet. But the best was yet to come, which Deepti brought by smashing Megan Schutt for four successive fours in the final over, finishing with 36 not off 15 balls.

We've to rectify our silly mistakes: Deepti Sharma (The Indian Express)

Healy and Mooney first put on a 73-run opening stand before the latter made it a walk in the park in an unbroken 100-run stand with Tahila McGrath .

We will try to rectify our mistakes in the next match,” Deepti said, looking ahead to the second T20I here on Saturday. We were in the right mindset. Playing a T20I after eight years, Maharashtra all-rounder Devika Vaidya also shone with a 24-ball 25 in an entertaining 40-run unbroken partnership off just 19 balls for the fifth wicket with Deepti. A few members of the team played the Women’s T20 Challenger, the domestic tournament. “There was a dew for sure, which came into effect after seven-eight overs but that cannot be an excuse.” Asked whether they tried to bowl the slower ones a bit more, she said: “As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those. We had a simple approach with out batting and bowling and we were getting results out of it.

'Simple mindset' powers Deepti Sharma's explosive knock against ... (ESPNcricinfo.com)

The allrounder struck an unbeaten 36 off 15 balls to give India a strong finish in Navi Mumbai.

[Radha Yadav](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/radha-yadav-960737)first put down Mooney in the third over before shelling [Tahlia McGrath](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/tahlia-mcgrath-381311)in the tenth. "I have played her in domestic cricket - I played the [Senior Women's T20 Trophy] final for Bengal against Railways," she said. "I thought this is the first time there was this much crowd [for a women's cricket match in India]," she said. The teams play at the same venue on Sunday before moving to the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai for the last three contests. Although she didn't pick up a wicket, Sarvani finished with respectable figures of none for 27 in her four overs. [Beth Mooney](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/beth-mooney-381258)masterclass - aided by some poor fielding and catching from India - the total could have sufficed for India. [Annabel Sutherland](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/annabel-sutherland-1071705)that beat deep backward square leg, and then a cut through point a couple of balls later. We wanted to continue doing what we did over the past few months." Only [five players from Full-Member teams](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=10;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;qualmin1=300;qualval1=runs;spanmin1=1+Jan+2021;spanval1=span;team=1026;team=1863;team=2285;team=2614;team=289;team=3022;team=3672;team=3867;team=4203;team=4240;template=results;type=batting)average more with the bat than Deepti's 38.88 among those with at least 300 runs in the format. She also picked up two fours in the next over off [Ashleigh Gardner](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ashleigh-gardner-858809). From a high-flying 45 for 1 in four overs, they had brought India to 76 for 4 in the 12th over. A packed crowd at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai had lost their voice.

Deepti Sharma rues bad fielding, bowling for loss in 1st T20I vs ... (India TV)

After setting Australia a target of 173, India's fielding was sloppy and Radha Yadav gave Beth Mooney a reprieve, before the opener slammed a match-winning 57- ...

Asked whether they tried to bowl the slower ones a bit more, she said: "As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those. We will try to rectify our mistakes in the next match," Deepti said, looking ahead to the second T20I here on Saturday. A few members of the team played in the Women's T20 Challenger, the domestic tournament. "I don't think we had a pretty long break. We have to improve our 'silly mistakes' to make a comeback and level the series," the left-hander, who hit a 15-ball 36 not out, to power India to 172/5 said at the post-match media interaction. Having opted to bowl, Alyssa Healy and Co also made use of the dew factor and never looked in trouble, scoring runs at ease.

India looks to bounce back in 2nd Women's T20I against Australia (Sportstar)

The Indian team hopes to get inspired by Deepti's heroics and bounce back when it meets Australia for the second T20I at the DY Patil Stadium on Sunday.

However, it will be a challenge for the Aussie quicks to regroup and ensure that they don’t concede as many runs at deaths as they did in the opening game. Given the fact that both Shafali Verma and Richa won’t be available for the entire series, it is indeed a challenge for the team management to zero in on their back-ups. For India’s new batting coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who’s in a way doubling up as the head coach, it will be a tricky challenge to sort out this issue. As far as India is concerned, this series is its last opportunity to pick the right combination for the tri-series and the T20 World Cup in South Africa. We will try to rectify our small mistakes made in bowling and fielding in the next match so that we can give a tough competition in the series,” Deepti said in the post-match media interaction. And she did everything possible to execute the plans.

We were focusing on our stock deliveries: Deepti Sharma (Cricket.com)

India started off their five-match T20I series against Australia with a massive nine-wicket loss on Friday.

However, [Richa Ghosh](https://www.cricket.com/players/74530/richa-ghosh/career-stats) (36 off 20) and Sharma (36 off 15) led the recovery by scoring 85 runs in last six overs. She didn't look like she was playing her first match," Sharma said. "I know that she is a good player. "It is not easy to come back after eight years. It will take some time to settle down when you walk into these situations," he said. Sharma felt that it is not possible for someone to settle down in international quite quickly. "We think it was a good total. The allrounder however conceded 33 from her three overs. We tried the slower ones. As a bowling unit, we were discussing that we will focus on our stock deliveries and we tried those. However, world champions Australia made light work of the total as they chased it down in 18.1 overs by losing just one wicket. We cannot show it as an excuse.