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Just a good knock away: Juhlan Goswami backs India Women middle order to deliver in 2nd ODI

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India Women’s experienced fast bowler Jhulan Goswami believes that the Indian middle-order comprising of skipper Mithali Raj, and experienced batters Punam Raut and Harmanpreet Kaur, all of whom did not fire in the first game, would comeback in the second game. 

"They [Punam Raut, Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur] just need one good knock among them. Then definitely we'll be on a great platform. These things happen in cricket,” Goswami said in the pre-match press conference before the 2nd ODI between India Women and England Women on June 30 at the County Ground in Taunton. 

Praising the skipper who scored 74 in the first match, the 38-year-old Jhulan said, "Mithali has been very consistent. In the South Africa series also she batted well, this series also in the first ODI she scored runs.” “Harman needs one good knock and she'll be back. So we just need one good match from our middle order," she added. 

India Women lost the first game by eight wickets in just 35 overs, even after scoring more than 200 runs. Thus the Indian bowling came under scrutiny as well. Jhulan, who has more than 32 international wickets in her kitty too believes that the bowlers need to work on their skills. 

 "Well honestly speaking we have to come back as a bowling group strongly. Whatever score will be there on the board we have to come back as a unit," Goswami said. The tall pacer also said that medium pacers in particular need to click for India. 

"It's just that our bowling unit, particularly medium pacers unit has not fired as it should have, so things look a bit wayward but I'm sure we all have a lot of talent and we are going to come back strongly," she said. India played with three pacers, namely Pooja Vastrakar, Shikha Pandey and Goswami herself.

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