Indore, Oct 21:. India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana took responsibility for the team’s heartbreaking four-run loss to England in the Women’s World Cup here, admitting her dismissal triggered the batting collapse and that their shot selection “could have been better”.
Set a target of 289, India appeared well on course with opener Mandhana (88) stitching two crucial partnerships, 125 with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and 67 with Deepti Sharma, while anchoring the chase.
But her mistimed lofted shot to long-off opened the floodgates, as Richa Ghosh drilled one straight to cover, and then, Deepti miscued a slog as India lost crucial wickets to fall agonisingly short of their target.
“ we could have done better with our shot selections,” Mandhana said.
