‘Perform or perish’: Edulji calls for accountability after India's loss to Aus

Obviously this 03 ODI result in Australia is disappointingItrsquos absolutely disappointing I donrsquot think the coach captain and players are on the same page They just donrsquot seem to be gelling There is too much chopping and changing of the playing XI all the time The batting order is not settled Richa Ghosh is not an opening bat Why are you ruining her Let her perform the finishing role She is more effective thereWhat are the other factors that could be affecting the teamUnfortunately a lot of injuries are taking place which I canrsquot understand why Yastika Bhatia is just getting into the team and now shersquos injured again I know itrsquos a sport injuries will happen buthellip I canrsquot understand these injuriesDiana Edulji PicShadab KhanDoes this all give you a lsquowhatrsquos going onrsquo kind of a feelingYeah Either they are not training properly or the fitness levels are zero and that is showing in their fielding and catchingThe road aheadTo regain confidence before next yearrsquos World Cup we should be playing against teams like Zimbabwe etc and not with these tough sides The Indian teamrsquos confidence level will go down completely in bashings like the latest 03Also Read Womens T20 World Cup 2024 Womens cricket in Asia struggles to match Western standardsDoes Indian cricket have a choice considering the scheduling has taken placeI donrsquot think so because the FTP must be already settledBut you just wish that playing lower ranked teams was possibleYes because we have to We are not going into any confidenceboosting Now yoursquove got the West Indies team coming here I donrsquot know how this scheduling is done The BCCI is talking about pay parity They are doing everything for womenrsquos cricketI think our players should not be allowed to play WBBL in Australia and The Hundred in England They should go into fitness camps insteadThe WBBL is not going to get affected if you donrsquot send your players Everybody will come to India to play because of the money in the WPL in any case So thatrsquos not a worry at allWhy do you feel so strongly about thisSee the way they perform in these leagues And when it comes to playing for India where has that performance gone They have played in Australia for over one and a half month The same girls are not performing thereWhy is this happeningTherersquos something wrong Is there no motivation to play for the country in spite of getting such good match fees They canrsquot be complaining about anything All they need to do is get familiar with performanceItrsquos perform or perish You might as well then let the juniors play As it is we are losing with seniorsWe may lose a few more with juniors but at least they will get experienceIn the last game Smriti Mandhana got 105 out of 215 Six dismissed for single digit scores Isnrsquot this oddAbsolutely Therersquos no positive body languagehellip You can see itIt looks as if they are just wandering in the park Smriti scored a hundred but she needs to be more consistent In 10 innings you should perform well in at least eight Harman Harmanpreet Kaurhellip there seems to be no confidence in her battingSo your prescription would be soul searching and get performingNo only get performing How many years do you want to do soul searchingAfter every tournament you are saying the same thing mdash ldquowe need to learnrdquo What have you learnt all these years How many years have you been playing You are getting everything from BCCI The least you can do is play well for your country Be proud to play for your country just like you are proud of playing for your WPL teams and your franchisesMore from Diana Edulji ldquoPlease remember you are playing for Indiardquo ldquoWe must have tough taskmasters Otherwise it looks as if the BCCI is running womenrsquos cricket just for the sake of itrdquo ldquoWork on your running between wickets Have proper thinking proper thought processrdquo ldquoWPL boundaries should be the same bigger boundaries which you have for the other tournaments Here in WPL you are clearing the ropes for fours and sixes easily but getting caught in bigger tournamentsrdquo ldquoCoachessupport staff have to be more accountable Support staff cannot be ad hoc people coming from the NCA We need permanent professional people to be with the team right through They must be made accountable for performancesrdquo