Mount Maunganui: Veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami on Wednesday admitted that not batting for their full quota of 50 overs was one of the main reasons in the four-wicket loss to defending champions England at Bay Oval.
"Our plan was to play 300 balls but unfortunately, we could not play full 50 overs. We had to suffer the consequences as our target was 240-250. At this ground on par, if we had got 240-250, we could have definitely restricted them."
"But in cricket, some days are like this, you plan well but things don't work your way. You have to understand that we are playing England, who have done well in the past few years. But unfortunately, today, we could not execute our plan properly," said Goswami in the post-match virtual press conference.
Goswami, who became the first bowler in women's ODI cricket to take 250 scalps with the wicket of opener Tammy Beaumont, signed off by praising the young pacers Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar for their figures of three for 26 and one for 22 respectively.
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