IND vs SL, Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: “I was in the zone today,” says Harmanpreet after 82-run win over Sri Lanka
Harmanpreet scored a half century in just 27 balls, her fastest in T20Is, during the massive win over Sri Lanka in Dubai.
Published : Oct 10, 2024 08:06 IST , DUBAI - 1 MIN READ
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur bats during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES
“It was one of those days when I was in the zone,” said India captain Harmanpreet Kaur after smashing her fastest fifty in T20 Internationals in Dubai on Wednesday.
Harmanpreet, who has been battling inconsistency, was at her belligerent best against Sri Lanka in a Women’s T20 World Cup match. She completed her half-century off 27 balls with a four off the last delivery of India’s innings. Her previous fastest fifty, off 29 balls, also came against Sri Lanka back in 2018.
India won the game by 82 runs after posting 172 for three, the highest total of the World Cup so far.
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“I was thinking positively and hitting anything that was in my zone. These wickets aren’t very true for batting. You have to keep rotating strike and only when the ball is in the zone can you swing your bat,” the India captain said post the big win.
The 98-run stand between Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma laid the platform for a big total.
“We just wanted to go with the momentum. Smriti and Shafali gave us a very good start. We discussed that, we didn’t want to throw our wickets away. That’s exactly what the openers did and gave us that platform.
“Jemi (Jemimah Rodrigues) and I just wanted to get 7-8 runs an over, and we just went with the flow,” added Harmanpreet, who was back to batting at number three after coming in at four against Pakistan.