We talk about keeping things simple and clear – Harmanpreet Kaur on India’s dominating win in second ODI

The Indian women put up a solid performance, winning the second ODI against Australia after things got bleak in the series opener.

Smriti Mandhana smashed an incredible ton to propel the batting charge while Kranti Goud and Deepti Sharma rattled through the spine of the Aussie batting unit to secure a solid win.

Talking at the post-match presentation, Indian skipper, Harmanpreet Kaur opened up on what the initial strategy was and how it worked out. She also heaped praises on Smriti Mandhana while highlighting how impressive the bowling unit was.

Shedding light on the win, Kaur said, “We are happy that we played good cricket today. That's what we discussed in the last team meeting that no matter what, we'll stick to our plans and keep doing the right things again and again. Happy that we got the result in our favour. We talk about keeping things simple and clear, that's giving us breakthroughs in between whenever we need, that's the key for us and we want to keep doing those things again and again.”

She further added, “We got the runs from Smriti, others didn't score runs but we were able to get close to 300. That's something we keep talking about, keep batting, stay on the pitch and we'll always get those runs because now we have depth in our batting. Our fielding was a little here and there.”

Kaur concluded by talking about India’s bowling unit, adding, “We missed a few chances but our bowlers kept giving us chances and we capitalized. In this series, we wanted to give chance to each and everyone. Happy with today's combination, everyone took the responsibility and did well for the team.”