Women’s T20 International Cup: Mithali Raj needs Jemimah Rodrigues to replace Harmanpreet Kaur as Bharat captain

“If the selectors decide to change, I would choose a young captain,” informed Raj. PTI. “This is the time [to change]; If you take longer then we have another [ODI] The World Cup on the horizon [October 2025]. If you don’t do it now, don’t do it later. So we are too close to the World Cup.

“Regardless of playing those cameos, she will never be able to convert her beginnings, but [she is] anyone actually setting out to create momentum if there ever was negative momentum; And if there was ever momentum, she tried to keep it. [forward]”.

Raj highlighted India’s inability to adapt quickly as the main reason for its poor performance. India came into this tournament after two months of camps and match simulation in Bengaluru, unlike Australia or New Zealand, who played each other, or South Africa, which scheduled a late tour to Pakistan.

Looking at the bigger picture, Raj lamented the lack of “expansion” of the Indian team over the last three years. He felt that India were “happy” to beat lower-ranked teams and were “saturated” when it came to facing heavyweight teams like Australia.

“Why does the boys team do so well? Right after a heavy design or a heavy event, they try others. If we talk about intensity, when will we give them odds?”

Mithali Raj

“I think in the last two or three years, I haven’t found any growth in this team,” Raj said. “In the sense that you always prepare to beat the best side, but we seem to be saturated in the sense that we are beating other teams, and we are charming.” We are happy with that. All alternative teams have seen growth despite limited intensity, an example of this is South Africa.

Raj also questioned some of the team management’s tactics in the run-up to the World Cup. Like in the Asia Cup, where India chose to field regulars and did not give opportunities to fringe players.

“I was making statements at the Asia Cup. To be fair, I didn’t know what was happening,” he said. “I’m sure they had been aware that the Asia Cup is the extreme design of suits that they are moving to play before the International Cup. Although you know that that is the time of the extreme sport that you are simply moving to have Before entering the heavy event, you make at least 70% of your plans or 80% of your plans. Like who is your Wrong 5 or Wrong 6, those are people who would progress in a specific condition But there it seemed like they were playing just for that occasion. .

“It didn’t seem like it was any closer to… what we saw in the World Cup. We could have given more opportunities to the bench against lower-ranked teams in the Asia Cup, but we didn’t. Why? Did you like it? “Is the men’s team doing well? Immediately after a big series or a big tournament, do they try others. If we talk about depth, when will we give them opportunities?”

“When it comes to health, we want to have a reference point. In fact, how much can you work in a day? It’s something you do in the past. It’s not that before the event, you can have a camp and it’s just moving to show the rest on farmland.”