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In T20s, you need to score every ball: Veda Krishnamurthy

In T20s, you need to score every ball: Veda Krishnamurthy

18th Nov, 2016

The batter says India will need to field batter in the games to come

Veda Krishnamurthy’s 46-ball 50 followed by Harmanpreet Kaur’s blistering 50-ball unbeaten 68 went in vain as West Indies chased down the 151-run target with five balls to spare.

The Indians were possibly about 15-20 runs short of what would have been a tougher target to chase as skipper Stafanie Taylor ensured that the World T20 champions registered their first win of the tour with a 51-ball 90. While the West Indies batted freely and comfortably, the missed chances in the field too didn’t help India’s cause.

Reflecting on the Indian innings, Krishnamurthy said, “Actually, 151 runs is a good target on this wicket considering that we lost two early wickets and then we had a partnership. You wouldn’t know what the par score is because this was the first T20 game that we were playing after a long time. Credit goes to the West Indies team that they played really well. They got their gaps and kept the momentum going despite losing the first wicket. That’s what I felt was the difference in both the teams. It’s just that they batted really well.”

Speaking about shaping the 88-run partnership with Harmanpreet that helped set the opposition a competitive total, the No 3 bat said, “When Harman came in to bat (at 28 for one in the sixth over), we wanted to play out the first ten overs and see where we are standing at the end of ten overs. After Harman, it was Jhulan (Goswami) who was to come, so we wanted to make sure that our partnership stays for a long time so that in the end we can accumulate as many runs as possible. Since Jhulan is a big hitter of the ball that is what we were trying to do. At the end of the innings we were happy that we could get 150.”


Krishnamurthy, who has been in form and was a vital cog in the lineup during the one-day series seems to have carried her form into the T20 format as well. Asked how her approach changes, if at all while batting in the shortest format, she explained, “I came to know last night (pre-match day) that I would be batting at No 3. I have batted at No 3 before for India in T20s. It was a challenge for me to adapt my game from one-day to T20 and then going at the top-order. The main thing I was looking into was if I go in during the first six overs, I wanted to get as many boundaries as possible because after six the field spreads out. So, I was just looking to get more gaps and accumulate how much ever runs possible and luckily it came off.” 

Speaking about the difference in the approach and batting in both formats she said, “It is different in the sense that you need to apply yourself every ball. You need to make sure there is an event (runs) every ball, you can’t just leave the ball or defend the ball. You have to make sure you get as many runs as possible every ball. We were looking at how many runs we were getting end of the over. That is one calculation we keep doing. That is the only difference from one-day to T20 - you are thinking more (being calculative) in the T20 games.”