Women's T20 World Cup 2026: Team India's head coach Amol Muzumdar speaks about loss against South Africa

After suffering a sixwicket defeat to South Africa in a crucial 2026 Womenrsquos T20 World Cup clash India head coach Amol Muzumdar said the teamrsquos bowling unit is still in a developing phase and will grow stronger with more exposure and experience in the coming yearsIn a crunch game at Old Trafford India suffered from slipups in all three departments as they failed to defend 159 against South Africa With the ball barring Sree Charanirsquos threefor and Shafali Vermarsquos spell none of the bowlers looked penetrative enough to dislodge a rocksolid Marizanne Kapp who hit 81 not out off 45 ballsYou 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 gameldquoEven 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 Im sure theyll come up better said Muzumdar at the conclusion of the gameIndia 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 setup Radha has been an exceptional fielder I think a worldclass fielder and those two catches were there for taking but things happen on a cricket fieldldquoSometimes things go right sometimes things go wrong Unfortunately Radha was on the other side this time but Im sure shes a strong character and Im sure somewhere in this tournament shell make up for it added MuzumdarA recurring pattern with India has been the middleorder 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 160ldquoJemi is a clutch player for us We know for a fact that if she comes good shell win us a game The scores havent reflected the talent that she has but Im sure in the coming days shell come along There will be stages in T20 cricket where you will have because of the highrisk factor a lot of wickets fallingldquoAnd 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 thats the way the nature of the game is Its not much of a concern added MuzumdarWith Indiarsquos semifinal hopes taking a bit of a hit they now need to correct their flaws when they take on Bangladesh and the mighty Australia later this week at Old Trafford and Lordrsquos respectively We knew it as soon as the schedule came out that this was going to be the crunch game You need to give credit where it deservesldquoOf course it was a big game theres 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 MuzumdarThis 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