Harmanpreet Kaur: Credit our bowlers

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded her bowlers and the fielding unit after the teamrsquos triumphant campaign in the womenrsquos Asia Cup which ended with a lopsided final against Sri Lanka on SaturdayIndia maintained their dominance in the tournament with an eightwicket demolition of a selfdestructing Sri Lanka in the title clash for their seventh title in eight editionsSri Lanka who were playing their first tournament final in 14 years imploded after opting to bat on pitch that was slow and offered turn They could only manage 65 for nine which India knocked off in 83 overs Smriti Mandhana struck a sublime 51 not out off 25 ballsAlso ReadHarmanpreet Kaur Mohammad Rizwan win ICC Player of the MonthHarmanpreet KaurldquoWe should credit our bowlers Our fielding unit was good from Ball One and we discussed that we should not give away easy runs You have to read the wicket and accordingly place the fielders in right positionsrdquo Harmanpreet said at the presentation ceremony ldquoWe read the wicket well and positioned fielders accordingly We were not looking at the scoreboard but only decided our fiveover targets We never thought about what is the total on the board and batted accordinglyrdquoAlso ReadIND vs ENG WODIs Harmanpreet Kaurled Indian side eye rare series winRenuka shinesPlayer of the Match Renuka Singh sent back Hasini Perera on the very first ball she faced The pacer finished with excellent figures of 35 in the finalldquoVery happy because the last few games I didnrsquot bowl well I practiced with my coach and the staff and they really helped me get back my rhythm Just focussed on my basics and got success My whole team supported me really well and credit should go to my captain coach and the staffrdquo Renuka said Allrounder Deepti Sharma who gave away just seven runs in her four overs was declared the Player of the SeriesldquoReally happy with the way we performed as unit from the first game till today We executed what was discussed in the meeting I just back my strengths and those things helped me a lot in this tournamentldquoThe wickets were slow and before this tournament I worked a lot on my batting and those sessions really helped me This win gives us a lot of confidence going into the upcoming series as wellrdquo Deepti said Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu expressed her disappointment though she was happy with the bowlersSL captain upsetldquoTough day as a team not a good batting display in the finals and Irsquom really upset today Next we have T20 World Cup and we learned a lot of thingsrdquoBrief scoresSri Lanka 659 in 20 overs I Ranaweera 18 R Singh 35 S Rana 213 R Gayakwad 216 lost to India 712 in 83 overs S Mandhana 51 I Ranaweera 117 by 8 wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever