Women's World Cup: Top order has to fire - Batting coach Shiv Sundar Das

Indian batting coach Shiv Sundar Das on Thursday said rotation of strike is a cause of worry and they might have to rethink the teamrsquos batting order following its 62run defeat against New Zealand in the ICC womenrsquos World CupChasing 261 India failed to capitalise on the power play with the top order boasting experienced duo of Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma alongside rookie Yastika Bhatia failing to fire as India were all out for 198 in 464 overs to concede a 62run defeatIndian batting coach Shiv Sundar DasIndia have now slipped to fifth among eight teams after this defeat while New Zealand with two wins from three games are now second behind Australia in the overall standingsPooja shinesPooja Vastrakarrsquos 4 for 34 in 10 overs and Harmanpreet Kaurrsquos 71 off 62 balls were two isolated performances which hardly made any impact on the larger outcomeWhile Vastrakarrsquos fourfor could still be credited for stopping New Zealandrsquos total from going north of 280 Harmanpreetrsquos runs might just help her regain confidence for the coming gamesAmelia Kerr 50 and 356 in 9 overs one half of the famous Kerr sisters first laid the platform with a solid halfcentury and then breached the defences of rival skipper Mithali Raj 31 off 56 balls with a flighted deliveryldquoThe top order has to fire We have the batting firepower to go deeper in the tournament Looking at the top order once you get going in the 1015 overs you can put up a good scorerdquo Das said in the postmatch media interactionWith three southpaws in the toporder the White Ferns gave the new ball to offspinner Frances Mackay and she returned with a tidy 81250The inexperienced Yastika struggled to rotate the strike in her 59ball 28 while Smriti and 6 from 21 balls and Deepti 5 from 13 balls were equally slow as India made just 50 runs in 191 oversInexperienced YastikaldquoThe strike rotation is a worry for us The top order had has to fire We have an experience toporder with Smriti batting We thought we can get some runs Maybe we have to rethink about it the batting order in the next gamerdquo Das said The 44yearold from Odisha however defended the decision to open with the inexperienced Yastika who was promoted to the top in place of the outofform Shafali VarmaldquoWe have seen in practice matches that she is a good batter She has just played one game hope she will come good in the next matchesrdquoOn Shafalirsquos exclusion Das said ldquoShe has got a fair chance in seveneight games We needed to give her a break Shersquos a talented batter Hope she gets going in this break and comes back strongerrdquoThe Mithaliled side will next face the West Indies on Saturday ldquoThe focus is on the first 1015 overs We have the experience and the ability We just have to express ourselvesrdquo Das said ldquoWe have to give credit to New Zealand they bowled well with a tight linerdquoBrief scoresNew Zealand 2609 A Satterthwaite 75 A Kerr 50 P Vastrakar 434 beat India 198 in 464 overs H Kaur 71 M Raj 31 L Tahuhu 317 A Kerr 356 by 62 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever