England skipper Heather Knight praised the abilities of young India spinner Shreyanka Patil as the some side won the 3rd IND W vs ENG W T20I by 5 wickets. Patil was instrumental in dismantling England’s lower order, grabbing three wickets in her four-over spell. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Heather Knight lauded the young off-spinner for her performance.
ENG W’s Heather Knight impressed by Shreyanka Patil
Knight admitted that Shreyanka bowled really well and that England did not quite apply themselves well enough. The ENG W skipper was, however, happy with her side’s ability to put pressure back on India and saw a positive note in terms of the learnings about some of the younger players in her squad.
“Really good learning, decided to rest some players and give others an opportunity. Again a really good crowd in, hopefully a good experience for some of our youngsters on about how to keep their composure under pressure. Shreyanka bowled really well. Didn’t quite apply ourselves well enough. Think we didn’t bat as well as we liked, probably would’ve been closer if we’d got 140 on the board. Lot of positives, we did well to put the pressure back on them and also learnt a lot about some of our younger players”, Knight said.
Shreyanka Patil named POTM
Having made her debut in the same series, Shreyanka Patil finished her four-over spell with exceptional 3/19 figures. She was adjudged the Player of the Match for her 3-fer. Speaking at the post-match presentation, Patil credited her experience from playing in the WPL and for India A for her performance against ENG W. The off-spinner also pointed out how it was beneficial for her to bowl in tandem with Deepti Sharma.
“Very happy, first time me getting a 3-fer, my family and coach were watching. Very happy and want to continue this performance. The experience I got in the WPL and India-A team helped, very happy to be a part of the Indian squad, enjoying it. Huge experience for me to be bowling in tandem with Deepthi, she’s been backing me, she’s been having chats with me both on the field and off it. Looking forward to bowling with her. I enjoyed all three wickets, hard to pick one”, Shreyanka Patil said.
IND W beat ENG W by 5 wickets
The Indian women’s team finally showed some magic as they pulled off a stunning five-wicket win against England on Sunday. Despite losing the first two comfortably, the Indian team did well to chase down the target of 127, with an over to spare on a difficult Wankhede wicket. Once again, as is usually the case, the spinners did the trick for the Indians in the first innings, for restricting England cheaply.
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