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Jemimah Rodriguez did excellent fielding in the match against New Zealand.
Team India’s start in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has been very disappointing. India had to face defeat by 58 runs against New Zealand in its very first match of the tournament. Indian women’s cricket team’s fielding coach Munish Bali expressed regret over the team’s defeat but also praised the players who fielded brilliantly in the match. During this, Jemimah Rodrigues was awarded the Fielder of the Match award in the dressing room.
Let us tell you that the Indian men’s cricket team had started giving the Best Fielder Medal to the best fielder of the match and now the women’s team is also carrying forward that tradition. In the video shared by BCCI, Munish said, “It was a tough game. Not the start to the tournament we wanted. But you will bounce back. If we remove the sixth over from our fielding, where two mistakes were made, we performed well.”
Harmanpreet Kaur gave best fielder medal to Jemimah Rodriguez
She praised the fielding of Smriti Mandhana, Shreyanka Patil and Pooja Vastrakar. After this, Munish requested captain Harmanpreet Kaur to give him the best fielder medal. After giving the medal to Jemima, Harmanpreet placed her hand on her head and then hugged her. The fielding coach further said, “Just as we bounced back in fielding, we will do the same in the next match. All the best.”
Talking about the match, while chasing the target of 161 runs set by New Zealand, Team India was reduced to 102 runs in 19 overs. No Indian player could touch the figure of 20. Harmanpreet said after the match, “We did not play our best cricket. “Moving forward, we know every game is important.”
He said, “We have chased the target of 160-170 runs many times. We were hoping to make it. We knew that someone would have to bat, but we kept losing wickets.” India has to play its second match in the tournament against arch-rival Pakistan. Both will clash on Sunday.
