Women’s T20 WC 2023: India Aim To Bounce Back Against Ireland Amid Semis Race
ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023: India are currently placed second in the Group B standings.
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After their victory run halted by England, India will be looking forward to bouncing back in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 when they take on Ireland in their next game. India know a win will go a long way to ensuring their tournament continues into the semifinals.
Despite England slipping to 29 for three at the start of their innings thanks to the superb bowling of Renuka Thakur, who took five for 15, India could not stop them from putting up a defendable score. In reply, India were unable to chase down 152.
"Yesterday's match was a very good match," said Subhadeep. "I think both the sides played well.
"I think 150 was chaseable, definitely, and we were in the game throughout the 20 overs. We were in the game till the 20th over. One or two sixes would have been a different story," he said in the pre-match press conference on Sunday, 19 February.
"We have to give credit to the English bowlers. They kept us under pressure, and they fielded well. They didn't give us the boundaries."
We Want To Show What We’re Capable Of: Laura Delany
Meanwhile, Ireland captain Laura Delany promised there is more to come from her side as they end their ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 campaign against India.
Delany's side is winless from its first three matches, with a narrow defeat against West Indies on Friday ensuring they could not qualify for the semi-finals.
It means that their tournament will come to an end at St George's Park here against an Indian side looking to bounce back from defeat to England.
"We know that we've performed well in certain aspects of the game throughout the last number of games, but there are certain areas that we definitely want to target now in this last game," she said.
"What's most exciting for us is that we haven't played our best cricket yet and we want to put in a really good performance tomorrow and show everyone what we're capable of," she further added.
"We've performed well in certain parts of the game. Our top order has performed with great intent, but then we've failed to kick on in the latter stages of the batting innings."
"We've bowled well at times; we just haven't been consistent; we haven't backed it up. One area that we really want to try and focus on is making sure that if we perform with the bat, we back that up in the same game with the ball," Delany concluded.
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