India working on batting issues, will fix dot ball problem: Amol Mazumdar

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Women's World Cup 2025: The Indian team is trying to fix is dot ball percentage issues, stressed head coach Amol Mazumdar after back to back defeats in the tournament. Mazumdar said that there would be big discussions about it before India's next match against England.

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00:00I would not like to name anybody, I think it was a superb batting effort to reach to 330.

00:23Of course we would have liked to have another, you can always say in hindsight, 20 runs

00:29more but that's not how we look at it.

00:33I think there are a lot of takeaways from our batting display today, 330 I guess was a very

00:42challenging score.

00:44Coach Harlek on the result, India have played two, twice in two games, five bowlers have

00:51been able to take the game till the last over but the result is not there, do you see a point

00:56where you will have to take a look at having another bowling option, primary all rounder,

01:01Radha, Arundhati, whoever, you would prefer to come in as a sixth primary bowling option

01:06in the team rather than playing five front line bowlers.

01:09Obviously after this game we will have a look at it and I am sure the team management will

01:23have a proper discussion about this and then we will take a right call as we approach the

01:28next game, I am sure about it.

01:34Coach Australia's attitude as a team that they bring to difficult matches, was that a factor

01:42in how your team struggled to build pressure because they bring that kind of an attitude

01:48that they can escape from any moment of pressure?

01:51I think, you know, credit to them, I think they batted exceptionally well.

01:57The way they started and eventually ended up getting 330 with one over to spare was a phenomenal

02:03effort.

02:04I felt, yes we tried to build pressure on them but you know they have been experienced players,

02:13they have been playing together for a while, I think almost ten years they have been playing

02:19with almost the same team.

02:21There have been few exceptions but I think eventually Ellis Perry also finished things off so credit

02:31to them, they batted magnificently I think.

02:34Hi coach, tough luck today, the batting, you know, you said it's a good effort to get to

02:44330, but is dot ball percentage something that you guys are discussing internally, given first

02:50two matches were difficult pitches but still it was on the highest side, today it was around

02:5448-50% more than Australia, Pratika and Harleen batting together sometimes they tend to slow

03:01things down a little bit.

03:02Is that something that you are discussing going forward on addressing, minimizing dot balls?

03:06Well to be honest, after the previous game, not this one but the one before against South

03:13Africa, we had an elongated discussion about how we are going to approach the batting innings

03:21and that was one of the things that was discussed about the dot ball percentage and you know so

03:28far in the last year and a half we have been playing very aggressive cricket and I thought

03:34you know today was a good display, yes the dot ball percentage has come down but we will

03:39have a closer look at it, I don't know what the percentage is, you have been kind enough

03:44to tell me how much is it? 48% we would like to get it down.

03:50Hello Coach, back-to-back two losses with South Africa and now with Australia and the

03:57national match is tough to come comparatively, England's team is playing well.

04:01So what will we learn from these two losses and improve it?

04:06Look, in my opinion, the finish is very important in cricket and cricket game.

04:13I always say in the dressing room, yes we need a good start but we need a better finish.

04:21So if you see the finish that we had in the South Africa game as far as bowling is concerned,

04:31in the last five overs we ended up losing that game and even today basically if we would have

04:38got another 20 runs maybe things would have been different.

04:42but at the same time it is, it's been a gradual progress for us and there are a lot of learnings.

04:49I keep talking about positives and learnings.

04:52One of the things to learn is to finish well.

04:55Coach, you said that this is a good effort for 330 runs, but in the last 10 years we

05:00play a single level and it becomes easier for 350.

05:03So my question is, when you sit inside, you guide us on how to play,

05:08or in the inside, because you don't play the J-R-D-Sorts,

05:14so do you guys do guide us or do not?

05:17Because if you have 350, I think we can match us on how to play.

05:20Yes, absolutely.

05:21What do you think?

05:22We do guide us or do not?

05:24I don't know, because if you play a sort of game,

05:26you play a sort of game,

05:28you play a sort of game,

05:29you play a sort of game,

05:30but you play a sort of game,

05:32but you play a sort of game.

05:34I think we play a sort of game,

05:37and sometimes we play a sort of game.

05:40But as I said before,

05:43I don't want to give attention to anything.

05:45The whole game,

05:47we will definitely discuss it,

05:50and we will work on it.

05:58Hi, Coach. Tough luck.

06:00In this World Cup, you have been a little bit flexible

06:03with how the lower order batters have come in.

06:06We have seen Richa has moved around a little bit.

06:09Have you, as a team management,

06:11have you given any thought to,

06:13you know, being a little more flexible with the top five also?

06:17For example, today,

06:18when the openers gave you a platform where they batted 25 overs,

06:22was there the possibility that you could send in a more aggressive option right after that?

06:27Like?

06:28As in right after that,

06:30could you send in somebody?

06:31Could you,

06:32did you think about maybe promoting someone like a Richa or a Jemima

06:35instead of sending Harleen at that point like usual?

06:39I think we have got a very settled batting line-up.

06:42Would not like to shuffle around too much.

06:46But when the need arises,

06:48you know, we are flexible about it.

06:50It's not the case you have seen,

06:52you have answered your question that the first part of your question was,

06:56you have been flexible enough in the lower order.

06:59But, yeah, we do have that luxury of sending Richa in

07:03and at times we have got the services of Dipti Sharma

07:06who can go out there and give us that option of a left-hander

07:10as well as a player who grinds and gets those singles easily.

07:17So, I think we do have that option in the lower order,

07:20but I would not like to tinker too much with the batting line-up.

07:24Hi, Coach.

07:31Tough luck.

07:33But if you have to just look at a couple of performances in isolation,

07:38Kranti against Pakistan, Charani out here today,

07:41just those two youngsters playing their first World Cup award,

07:45on how they have taken to this challenge on a home World Cup no less.

07:51You know, they are 22-year-olds.

07:53Just a word on, you know, how they have taken to this.

07:56I think they have been exceptional.

07:57You know, if you see Kranti, God, bowling,

08:00and today, Shree Charani against Australia,

08:04against top quality players,

08:06she ended up giving, what, 40 odd runs in her 10 overs

08:10and picked up those important wickets.

08:12So, I think they have been exceptional,

08:14both of them young, vibrant in the dressing room

08:17as well as vibrant on the field

08:19and we gave it our best, you know, in the field.

08:23I think you all will agree with me, on one point at least,

08:27that, you know, our fielding has been very good today.

08:32That's a big takeaway for us.

08:35They were throwing themselves and, you know,

08:38we are a good game.

08:41Unfortunately, we lost this one,

08:44but I think, to answer your question,

08:46Kranti, God, and Shree Charani have been phenomenal.

08:51Thank you, everyone. Thanks, Coach.

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