Australia vs India: ‘Work in process’– Batting coach Das promises different approach in second ODI

Batting coach Shiv Sunder Das on Thursday said that India will try a different approach and have practiced playing against the short ball ahead of the second One-day International against Australian in Mackay.

Das also confirmed that vice captain Harmanpreet Kaur is yet to recover from a thumb injury sustained before the first match and will miss the second one as well.

India were crushed by nine wickets by the hosts in the opening ODI of the multi-format series on Tuesday and will play the second, a day-night game, on Friday.

While India scored 225/8, thanks to a late burst by the lower order after a half-century from Mithali Raj, the innings never got the momentum it needed and then the hosts gunned down the target in 41 overs.

The captain then called on the openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma to give a better start. The batting coach also backed them to come good, especially in the powerplay, saying he has had one-on-one sessions with batters and they have addressed some of the issues during nets in the last two days.

“We are looking at the top-order to give us a good start and the middle order – they have worked hard in the last few sessions, we…

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