The Indian team struggled with the batting after openers Mandhana and Shefali were dismissed in the first six overs.
McCoy (Australia). Expressing confidence of doing well in the second ODI against Australia here, Indian women's batting coach Shiv Sundar Das on Thursday backed out-of-form opener Smriti Mandhana, saying the team needs to deal with the opposition's bowlers.
Will take a different approach. The second ODI will be played on Friday. India was defeated by Australia by nine wickets in the opening match of the three-match series on Tuesday.
On the eve of the second ODI, Das said, "We are expecting a good start from the top order and the middle order has worked very hard in the last few seasons, we have some plans. I think the team will play differently in tomorrow's match.
"We have Shefali (Verma) and Smriti. I am positive that they will get us off to a good start and once we add 60-70 runs in the first 10 overs, we can continue that momentum in the middle overs.
The Indian team had set a target of more than 250 runs but the team could not do it once again. The team scored 225 for eight in 50 overs in the first ODI but the batting coach said the Mithali Raj-led side has a plan for the second match to keep the scoreboard moving.
Das said, "We are working on this aspect of the game, we are hoping to start well. In the middle overs, we want to average five runs and in the end, we will try to score six runs per over. This is our plan."
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The Indian team struggled with the batting after openers Mandhana and Shefali were dismissed in the first six overs. Das said, “We are still working on getting runs by running between the wickets in the middle overs. It continues, we have some young batsmen in our team, we have to give them some time and once they get used to the conditions, they will definitely bat aggressively.
Mandhana continued to struggle with the bat in this format and the left-handed batsman added only 16 runs in the first ODI. She has only once scored more than 50 runs in the last nine matches but Das is confident that she will give India the strong start they need.
“I spoke to Mandhana and we have worked on her in the last two seasons, we have sorted out the issues, she is a world-class player and we are supporting her ability to score runs and of course We will see the difference in tomorrow's match. ''