Former India Ladies’s cricketer Anjum Chopra lashed out on the Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect for dropping in opposition to Sri Lanka within the remaining of the Asia Cup 2024. She stated that it was wake-up name for the group forward of the T20 World Cup 2024, set to be performed later this 12 months.
India Ladies’s Nationwide Cricket Group had a troublesome outing within the remaining of the Asia Cup 2024. The Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect regarded clueless with the bat and ball within the summit conflict because the Sri Lanka Ladies’s Nationwide Cricket Group went on to crush them and win their first-ever title.
India Ladies in a few months can be taking part in within the T20 World Cup 2024. Nonetheless, the loss within the remaining of the Asia Cup remaining has raised fairly just a few eyebrows. The Ladies in Blue have come beneath severe scanner too after their poor performances within the remaining in opposition to the Sri Lanka Ladies’s Nationwide Cricket Group.
The Harmanpreet Kaur-led aspect even have struggled to get going previously few collection. They misplaced to England and Australia and going into the World Cup, it will not be straightforward for them as different groups have been sensational within the shortest format of the sport.
Anjum Chopra whereas speaking in regards to the Asia Cup remaining lack of India Ladies, acknowledged that had they gained the match they might’ve been on the highest. However in line with her dropping the ultimate was wake-up name for her. She pressured how India was challenged within the remaining and misplaced. Talking to PTI, she defined:
“Even when they’ve gained this Asia Cup, it might have been like ‘oh, we’re a greater group’. However as a result of they didn’t, they obtained a wake-up name and I hope it’s a wake-up name. Not in a nasty approach however in a great way.
“They weren’t challenged and at any time when they had been, it was okay, it wasn’t like digging in deep to return out victorious. When Sri Lanka posed a problem to them, particularly after successful in opposition to Pakistan (within the semifinal), they had been a group on a excessive.”
We misplaced 2-1 to England. We misplaced 2-1 to Australia – Anjum Chopra on India Ladies
Anjum Chopra additional talked about how India Ladies have been struggling to get going of late. She pressured that they’ve been plugging in these gaps and they should make issues proper. She defined:
“We misplaced 2-1 to England. We misplaced 2-1 to Australia. We had been challenged by South Africa. After we go to the Asia Cup, there are different groups additionally difficult us. Sri Lanka didn’t even qualify for the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand as a result of they didn’t have any cricket for two-and-a-half years throughout COVID-19. However look the place they’re now.”
“Has our group proven that sort of development and enchancment? Sure, to a sure extent. However are we nonetheless plugging in these gaps whereby we aren’t conceding defeat? The explanation why we misplaced the Asia Cup remaining (was) as a result of we’re nonetheless not plugging these gaps. Sure choices should not beneficial. Sure assets that we’ve got at our disposal should not beneficial. You need to make do with what you’ve got, which might be not fairly there proper now to turn out to be world leaders,” she concluded.
