“We were not nervous about the situation then,” said Rana speaking to the reporters after the Test.
“We just had to stick to our basics. We decided to focus on our basics despite the chatter around and got the desired result.”
Rana picked up four wickets in the first innings and then finished unbeaten on 80 when the teams were forced to shake hands due to bad light. There were about ten hours in the game left, which would have given her a shot at making a ton. She walked in when India were six down for 189 and steadied the ship after Pooja Vastrakar was dismissed.
“I wasn’t thinking much and kept myself busy in other things so that that situation won’t affect us. I don’t get too involved to stay calm and then play my natural game when I walk out.”
“I didn’t focus on the century since I needed to just stay in the middle for the team,” she said of the missed opportunity. “I was taking it ball-by-ball and contribute for the team.”
Sharma, on the other hand, batted at seven in the first innings and stayed unbeaten on 29 even as India were dismissed for 231. Following on, she was sent in at three, where she played a patient innings and brought up her maiden half century in Tests.
“When I played in the first innings I was pretty confident and wanted to play close to the body,” said Sharma, who scored 54 off 168 balls.
“When I walked in at one down in the second innings, I wanted to take it session by session in line with the messages (from team management) I was getting.”
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