IND vs NZ: Who is Responsible for Team India’s Defeat? Harmanpreet Reveals the Reasons

Sophie Devine Leads New Zealand to Victory

Captain Sophie Devine’s unbeaten 57 helped New Zealand reach 160 for 4 in 20 overs. So India got a challenge of 161 runs. But in this reply, India’s innings ended with 102 runs in 19 overs. No one could score more than 15 runs from Team India. Due to this, the Indian Team had to lose by as many as 58 runs. What did captain Harmanpreet Kaur say after Team India’s first match defeat? Let’s find out.

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Harmanpreet Kaur’s Reaction

We didn’t play our best cricket today. From now on, we have to think about which areas we want to improve. Every match is important for us now. Also, we want to do our best. Not that we didn’t create chances at times. But there is no doubt that New Zealand played better than us. But the World Cup is a big competition. There is no room for your mistakes here. We have often chased 160-170 runs. But 10-15 runs was too much on this pitch. At one stage, the way they started, I thought it would be a challenge of 180 runs to win”, noted Harmanpreet.

Playing XI

• Team India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana and Renuka Thakur Singh
• New Zealand: Sophie Devine (captain), Susie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Brooke Halliday, Maddie Green, Isabella Gage (wicketkeeper), Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Lee Tahuhu and Eden Carson.