India Women's fielding was below-par against Australia, remains a work in progress: Muzumdar

India Women's fielding against Australia in ODI below par; head coach Muzumdar admits work in progress.

India Women’s fielding against Australia in the second ODI was below par, admitted head coach Amol Muzumdar and added that fielding remains a work in progress for the hosts who suffered a ninth consecutive series defeat against the Aussies.

India fought hard with the bat after making several errors in the field — including seven dropped catches — in the first half of the match here on Saturday as the visitors got over the line by three runs.

Australia have never lost an ODI series in India, a record which Alyssa Healy's side was able to maintain despite Richa Ghosh striking a fabulous 96 off 113 balls with 13 boundaries, after Deepti Sharma returned a five for 38.

“We are in a process of building it up, there is no doubt that our fielding was below par,” Muzumdar told the media in Mumbai at the Wankhede Stadium.

“We dropped about six catches. It always happens in a game, even they dropped a few. But having said that, we are still a work in progress. If we get time post this series I'm sure we will try and spend a lot of time on fielding and fitness,” Muzumdar said.

With Ghosh doing a single-handed job towards the end of India's chase, the think tank, perhaps, made another mistake by not sending Pooja Vastrakar ahead of Amanjot Kaur as the former had scored a fine 62 not out in the first ODI.