India spinner Radha Yadav admitted that the bowling unit made some errors during their 12-run loss to South Africa in the opening women’s T20I in Chennai, adding that the pacers should have relied more on yorkers.
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Indian bowlers were at the receiving end of some formidable batting by Tazmin Brits (81) and Marizanne Kapp (57), who helped South Africa set an imposing 190-run target for the hosts.
“It was important to know which length and pace to bowl at on this wicket. We did make some errors as a bowling unit; maybe gave away 10-15 extra runs,” said Radha during the post-match media interaction on Friday.
The South Africans used the sweep shot effectively with the pitch offering low bounce.
“We needed to hit them (at yorker length) since the ball was skidding,” she added.
Asked about the animated discussion that happened on the field when the Proteas were batting, Radha said that it was about setting up an attacking field.
“We were discussing about making them play where the fielders were stationed and also look to attack and take wickets. But, they did bat well.
“We need to back our plans and quickly judge how the wicket is playing out. It will make things a lot easier for us.”
India will play the second T20I here on Sunday and they will have to improve their catching skills to level the three-match series.
India dropped three catches, which cost them dear on Friday but Radha said it was just a bad day in office.
“I think it was just a bad day. All are brilliant fielders in our group, and everyone has been putting in hard work and training. We’ll look to bounce back,” she said.
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