High dot balls already worrying us: Harmanpreet Kaur

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur has conceded that Indias inability to rotate strike is a worrying sign adding that the team has been discussing how to address its longstanding dotball issue ahead of the Womens T20 World Cup semifinalsIndia qualified for the semifinals of the marquee event after a fiverun win over Ireland via the DuckworthLewis method on MondayHowever rotation of strike remains a huge issue for the Indian team The Women in Blue struggled with strike rotation in the series against Australia in December and even in the Triseries that ended earlier this monthThe problem has persisted as India consumed 51 and 41 dot balls in the Group 2 games against England and Ireland respectivelyDot balls are something which are already worrying us Kaur said at the postmatch press conferenceIn the next game we would love to see some improvement in that area also Against England we played too many dot balls Things like that we have already been discussing in team meetingsBut sometimes when the other team is bowling too well at the end of the day these wickets are something when you score 150 thats a par score for youAgainst Ireland the Indian batters struggled to get the runs flowing India were going at less than seven runs per over before Smriti Mandhana who was dropped as many as four times found her groove in the latter half of the inningsAlso readShafali Richa are not traditional batters they like to play short balls Harmanpreet KaurWorld Cup games are always something where both the teams are always under pressure I think these matches if 150 is on the board you always have the upper handWe are not putting too much pressure on ourselves We are just going there and understanding what conditions are there and just playing according to the situation Kaur saidPlaying her 150th T20 International Kaur promoted herself to number three but was not able to strike the ball eventually departing for 13Initially I tried a few shots but unfortunately I wasnt able to convert those shots into the boundary Sometimes a player is having a good day and then everybody was dropping her catches and she just wanted to express herselfShe Mandhana told me better to give me singles than you taking risks and initially thats what we did After 15 overs then you have to take a risk from both sides and then thats what we decided to doIndia are likely to face fivetime winners and favourites Australia in the semifinalsAt end of the day when you win you feel satisfied but I think a few areas especially in batting we want to sit and discuss how we have to go in the next gameThe hardhitting Shafali Verma is having an underwhelming tournament struggling to make the kind of impact that is expected of herWell we have always given her that liberty you know where she can go and express herself We never put too much pressure because we know shes someone who likes to play free cricket Kaur saidThe teenager is well acquainted with the conditions having led India to the U19 World Cup title here last monthShes someone who doesnt like to talk too much before the game And she knows the condition because we spend so much time here She was here playing the Under19 World Cup She knows how the wicket how the condition behaves Kaur saidSo I think I know her inning is very important for us because whenever she clicks we know we are always in the gameI think in patches she was doing well we have been always backing her and thats what we want to do in the future also because we know how important she is Kaur addedThis 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