{"id":156796,"date":"2026-04-19T14:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=156796"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:00:16","slug":"tough-time-but-well-stay-together-harmanpreet-kaur-after-second-successive-t20i-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=156796","title":{"rendered":"Tough time, but we\u2019ll stay together: Harmanpreet Kaur after second successive T20I defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"


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India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted her team is going through a tough phase but stressed the need to stick together and bounce back after suffering its second successive defeat to South Africa in the women\u2019s T20 International series here on Sunday.<\/p>\n

India went down meekly by eight wickets in the second women\u2019s T20I to trail 0-2 in the five-match series here on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Asked to bat first, India was all out for 147 and SA chased down the target quite comfortably, reaching 148 for 2 in 17.1 overs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTough time. We as a team need to stay together,\u201d Harmanpreet said at the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n

READ<\/b> | Wolvaardt, Luus fifties help South Africa script 8-wicket win over India<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, we\u2019ll go (to Johannesburg for the third match on April 22) with positive approach. T20 format is like that: it\u2019s about staying together.\u201d Harmanpreet rued that her team could not do well in the death-over batting and powerplay bowling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with bat, we were not able to contribute the way we wanted. Last ten overs of the innings we did not bat well. We need to think how we go about next three matches. When you\u2019re not getting the shots, rotating strike is a key point. We were discussing… we can rotate strike and it can help us through that time. But it\u2019s a time when things didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

\u201cPowerplay, while bowling, is not going our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opener Shafali Verma was the lone bright spot for India with a 38-ball 57, which was studded with seven fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n

\u201cShafali been a great talent for us. Hope she\u2019ll continue [the same way] for us,\u201d the skipper said.<\/p>\n

South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt said restricting India to 147 all out was a good job done by her side.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty good catching, one or two put down, but we took one or two good ones as well. After start they had, restricting them was great,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe area we struggled with last season (death bowling), bowlers identified bowling slower ones into the wicket was helping. It\u2019s something we\u2019ve talked a lot about. Being present on the cricket field. Little things showing on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published on Apr 19, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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