Team India is enjoying Harmanpreet’s captaincy: Deepti

Under Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy, India got off to the best start possible, winning two out of the possible three T20Is against Sri Lanka. Following that hot-streak, the Indian team, on the back of all-rounded efforts from Deepti Sharma registered a four-wicket win in the first ODI of the series. 

The all-rounder, who was integral part of India’s win, opined that the Indian team is enjoying Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy. Alongside that, she also explored that India are benefitting from the calm nature of the Kaur’s mindset, helping the team in decision-making.

"She always stays cool, whether it's T20 or one-dayers. She is leading the team very well. Staying clam helps in taking better decisions, and we are enjoying her captaincy as a team,” Deepti stated.

"We knew how the wicket was behaving, and we worked hard on partnerships. Our plan was to take 3-4 runs per over and we knew that we could build on a partnership that way and finish the game quickly," Deepti added. 

Deepti has been pilloried a lot for her slow batting and the all-rounder feels that she has developed new strokes that will help her in the long run.

"I worked a lot on my batting and bowling both before the camp, also developed shots, and you all must have seen it here. My role remains the same, to finish games for the team, and the more I do that, the better it is for the team.

"We were losing wickets but my thought process was that I had to finish the game in the end. As a batting unit, we focussed on short partnerships and we achieved that in the game today."

(With inputs from PTI)