“But wherever she bats, Harman should stop thinking about the wickets that have fallen and not try to rebuild because we have seen that when Harmanpreet Kaur is on song, she is a completely different player altogether.
“Once she gets set, we’ll see those straight drives and those shots over deep midwicket. She is excellent against spinners, so if she can just get set, it will be great for India.”
“It’s about believing in yourself,” Veda said. “When there are a couple of low scores, you start thinking too much, and that is when a batter kind of goes into a shell.”
“The wickets fell at regular intervals against South Africa. Every time it looked like a partnership was going to build, a wicket fell. In T20 cricket, you need to maintain that momentum as much as possible.
“For Jemimah, I’d still like to see her bat at number three. Just give her one role because it makes it a lot easier to prepare that way. The minute you say, ‘Be flexible,’ you don’t know whether to be ready from the first ball or from the third over. It kind of gets difficult for a batter.”
Pandey also praised young left-arm spinner Shree Charani for her outstanding performance in the tournament, having picked up ten wickets in three matches.
“The way Shree Charani has bowled in tandem with Deepti Sharma has been great to watch,” Pandey said. “In the three games she has played so far, she has taken ten wickets. She has been varying her pace really well.
“The wicket she got of Annerie Dercksen was probably the best ball you would want to bowl as a left-arm spinner, pitching on off and middle and taking out the off stump. She has been phenomenal with her lengths while keeping the stumps in play all the time.”
