In a crunch game at Old Trafford, India suffered from slip-ups in all three departments as they failed to defend 159 against South Africa. With the ball, barring Sree Charani\u2019s three-for and Shafali Verma\u2019s spell, none of the bowlers looked penetrative enough to dislodge a rock-solid Marizanne Kapp, who hit 81 not out off 45 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"You have to take into consideration that the entire bowling attack apart from Deepti is very (inexperienced). Give them some time in international cricket. Somebody like Charani, very new to international cricket. Prema Rawat (was) playing her first game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cEven when Shreyanka was there, she is very new to international cricket. (So is) Kranti Gaud, and so is Nandni Sharma. Apart from Deepti, we do have a lot of inexperience in the bowling lineup. Give them some time, give them 24 months, and I'm sure they'll come up (better),\" said Muzumdar at the conclusion of the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India were also hurt by Marizanne given reprieves twice on 25 and 65 by substitute fielder Radha Yadav, considered as one of the best fielders in the current set-up. \"Radha has been an exceptional fielder, I think a world-class fielder, and those two catches were (there for taking)... but things happen on a cricket field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSometimes things go right, sometimes, things go wrong. Unfortunately, Radha was on the other side this time, but I'm sure, she's a strong character, and I'm sure somewhere in this tournament she'll make up for it,\" added Muzumdar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A recurring pattern with India has been the middle-order losing wickets in a heap and similar scene happened against South Africa, when Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Yastika Bhatia fell quickly. With Richa Ghosh kept quiet, India never got the finishing kick it desired and finished two runs short of 160.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cJemi is a clutch player for us. We know for a fact that if she comes good, she'll win us a game. The scores haven't reflected the talent that she has, but I'm sure, in the coming days, she'll come along. There will be stages in T20 cricket where you will have - because of the high-risk factor - a lot of wickets falling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAnd we have been playing a brand of cricket, a fearless brand of cricket, which we have emphasised on. So I guess there will be some days where we will have those wickets falling in a cluster. But I guess that's the way the nature of the game is. It's not much of a concern,\" added Muzumdar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cJemi is a clutch player for us. We know for a fact that if she comes good, she'll win us a game. The scores haven't reflected the talent that she has, but I'm sure, in the coming days, she'll come along. There will be stages in T20 cricket where you will have - because of the high-risk factor - a lot of wickets falling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cOf course, it was a big game, there's no doubt about it. But we still have two more games to look forward to. And, there is no doubt in my mind that if we play to our potential, we can be on the right side of those two games,\" concluded Muzumdar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n