Archive · 2 Sep 2026
India's Asia Cup Plan Balances Bowling Freshness, Batting Concerns
India's women's cricket team is playing in the Women's T20 Asia Cup.
The coaches are carefully planning how many overs each bowler should deliver.
Renuka Singh Thakur was rested against Thailand to help manage her workload.
India still won that match by 94 runs.
India lost seven wickets quickly while batting, but the team recovered enough to make 159 runs.
Shafali Verma scored 64 runs, and Kranti Gaud added an unbeaten 15.
Coach Avishkar Salvi said sudden batting problems can happen in T20 cricket.
He also said the team's lower-order batters and bowlers helped India finish strongly.
India has workload-management plans for every bowler, not only Renuka Singh Thakur.
Renuka was rested against Thailand, while Deepti Sharma delivered a spell of 0/3.
Avishkar Salvi described building, maintenance, and rest as key phases of bowler management.
India fell from 108/2 to 137/9 before finishing on 159/9 against Thailand.
Salvi highlighted Shafali Verma's 64 and Kranti Gaud's unbeaten 15 in India's recovery.
- Who
- India's women's team and bowling coach Avishkar Salvi.
- What
- India is managing its bowlers' workloads while addressing a batting collapse from its Asia Cup opener.
- When
- Salvi spoke on Wednesday, before India's match against Hong Kong.
- Where
- Dubai.
- Why
- To keep bowlers at their optimum during the tournament and maintain player development.
Coach's assessment
Performance concern
India's batting collapse
Coach's assessment
Avishkar Salvi said T20 teams will not execute their plans perfectly every time and emphasized India's recovery and lower-order contributions.
Performance concern
India's fall from 108/2 to 137/9 exposed a batting problem the team was preparing to address against Hong Kong.
- Asia Cup opener
- India defeated Thailand by 94 runs.
- India's total
- India scored 159/9 against Thailand.
- Renuka Singh Thakur
- The lead bowler was rested against Thailand as part of workload management.
- Deepti Sharma
- She produced an impactful bowling spell of 0/3 against Thailand.
- Batting collapse
- India lost seven wickets for 29 runs, falling from 108/2 to 137/9.
- Top contributions
- Shafali Verma scored 64, while Kranti Gaud made an unbeaten 15.
- Next opponent
- India was preparing to face Hong Kong.