“It was brilliant to watch,” Mandhana, who was once out for 9 in the second one over of the chase, stated then the sport. “They [Ahuja and Ghosh] have been doing that in the nets in the last seven to eight days to all our bowlers. So, really happy that things clicked on. But yeah, I think after the first innings we knew with the dew coming, it was going to be tough to bowl. So we always thought that we were in the game.
“The way in which Richa batted and Pez [Perry] batted was once superb to look at.”
Ghosh took her time initially – she scored just 15 off her first 12 balls. A lot of match simulation before the tournament helped her deal with the high-pressure situation, she said later.
“The plan was once to whisk at some time, and notice how the sound is reacting,” Ghosh said. “I sought after to whisk it deep, and I thinking about my sport. We [Ahuja and I] concept lets get to the whole, and that we’d play games a favorable sport.
“The preparation we did with sir [head coach Luke Williams] really helped us. We had a lot of match situation during practice matches. We kept targets that if the situation is so and so then what should we be doing. That helped me a lot.”
“Yes, the boundaries were uneven, but I didn’t have that in mind. I knew I could clear [the boundaries] so I was just reacting as the ball came.”
“I’m really happy as I’m playing after a year. All the visualisations and the rehab that I did seemed to have helped me mentally. I tried to become a better player.”
Kanika Ahuja then lacking extreme season because of trauma
Ahuja, who neglected the extreme version because of trauma, was once elated. Along with her match-turning knock, she had returned 1 for 19 from 3 overs together with her offspin.
“It feels great. I’m really happy as I’m playing after a year,” Ahuja stated. “All the visualisations and the rehab that I did seemed to have helped me mentally. I tried to become a better player.
“I assumed I’ll walk for no matter is in my achieve. We had been taking a look at a [required] run fee of 10 or 12 runs an over, and that labored out. Fortunately, we received.”
RCB had lost key players like Sophie Devine (unavailable), Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana and Sophie Molineux (all injured) ahead of the season, so they had to dig deep into their squad here. This resulted in three debutants: Prema Rawat, VJ Joshitha and Raghvi Bist. The inexperience in the bowling unit showed, and sloppiness in the field did not help. Mandhana backed her young players but said there remained “a batch of items to paintings on” if they are to defend their title.
“[But] I think definitely a lot of things to work on as a bowling unit and fielding unit. And we have two days off before the next match, so we’ll have good discussions around it.”
