India women not as athletic and strong as foreign counterparts, says fielding coach Abhay Sharma

India women's fielding coach Abhay Sharma believes that the cricketers are not as athletic and strong as their foreign counterparts when it comes to running around the park and he will focus on improving players' technique and strength.

India's women's fielding coach Abhay Sharma said he will focus on helping the women cricketers become more athletic and strong while adding that improvement is also needed on catching and running between the wickets.The Indian team is scheduled to play a Test, three ODIs and as many T20s against England. "Overall development is needed as far as fielding is concerned. The game is changing, you have to be more athletic. Technically, work needs to be done. What I observed is that a lot of girls are struggling with their throwing techniques. "If you develop wrong technique in your early days then it troubles you with injuries. Once the technical side is taken care of, then you can build on the strength part," Sharma was quoted as saying by news agency PTI before entering the bio-bubble in Mumbai ahead of the UK tour.