Indian ladies’s cricket crew head coach Amol Muzumdar on Saturday stated his facet had bought a style of “what Test cricket is all about” after crushing England by a large 347 runs within the one-off four-day match. Muzumdar was delighted with the hassle of his gamers, and stated he desires the crew to proceed in the identical vein towards Australia within the one-off Test beginning December 21 on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

“Absolutely brilliant stuff for the two-and-a-half days. No Test match is easy but the efforts that the girls put in, getting together 5-6 days before the Test at Wankhede and the preparation was nice to result into this win,” Muzumdar, a home stalwart, stated after the excellent win.

“We had thought that we’d play in a certain fashion and I’d want them to continue to do that (score like that on the first day). We didn’t plan to score 400 on the first day. It’s a good sign for Indian cricket, all of them who made their debut.

“It’s the arrogance they carry as a result of England is a powerful facet. They (India) simply bought a style of what Test cricket is all about.” He was effusive in his praise of Deepti Sharma, who earned the player-of-the-match award for her 67 in the first innings and a match haul of 9 for 39.

“I jokingly name Deepti (Sharma) ‘Stokesy’ (Ben Stokes’ nickname). Nine wickets and a fifty, she’s an necessary cog within the wheel and it is necessary for her confidence.

“We have back-to-back Test matches for the first time and we’re looking forward to the Australia series as well,” Muzumdar stated.

Deepti was pleased with her effort and stated the wicket on the DY Patil Stadium right here supplied numerous help to the spinners.

“Feels very good because we were waiting for the Test to start. It’s a proud feeling and we bowled according to plan. We were quite calm batting on the first day, trying to build partnerships, that’s it,” she stated.

“I was just waiting to bowl and keeping myself warmed up, got a lot of help from the wicket and I backed myself. Harry di (skipper Harmanpreet Kaur) was saying ‘bowl in your areas and the turn will help you’. We want to continue this in the next Test.”