Indian women’s cricket team clinched a historic win against mighty Australia at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday in the only Test by eight wickets. India showed their dominance and overpowered Australia on all the fronts.
Debutant Richa Ghosh was exceptional on her first Test. She scored 52 off 104 balls. She punished Australian bowlers with her power hitting and aggressive play.
The Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded Ghosh and said that they want to play positive cricket like Ghosh and not want to go back to defensive paly.
“Reward for all the hard work we have done for so many years. Credit to the team and the support staff. Reward for the hard work and patience. We just wanted to play positive cricket, and that is why we wanted to put Richa Ghosh at no.3. We did not want to go back to defensive cricket and everyone knows how Richa plays. We just wanted to stick to the basics and do the right task,” Harmanpreet added.
“Our support staff asked me to bowl and I got those two important wickets. [Taking 20 wickets] Our bowling coach is only telling the bowlers about taking wickets, not being defensive. What best we can do, what’s the best we can bring to the team. I wanted to thank the BCCI for giving us the opportunity. The selectors have also shown their faith in us. The crowd has also been coming in all four days, so thanks to them as well.”
