India women’s team senior pacer Jhulan Goswami has attributed the 8-wicket loss against England in the first ODI.
The 38-year-old scalped a single wicket in her six overs, and her fellow mates Shikha Pandey and Pooja Vastrakar failed to make early dents to England women batting.
“It is just that our bowling unit, particularly medium pacers unit has not fired as it should have, so things look a bit wayward but I’m sure we all have a lot of talent and we are going to come back strongly,” said Jhulan to media ahead of Wednesday’s second ODI.
“You have to believe in these players, they have the ability. In the past, they have done very well. It is just that they are coming back after a long layoff in international cricket. So they will come back strongly, and as a bowling unit, we will come back strongly,” she added.
Jhulan said that India’s top and middle-order batters will come good in the coming games and just one good knock is required from the top players that will give them a huge confidence.
“Well, it is just the first match. The day before yesterday was her [Shafali Varma] debut, you cannot expect so much from her. That’s the impact she has had.
“They [Punam Raut, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur] just need one good knock among them. Then definitely we will be on a great platform. These things happen in cricket.”
