The day, which began with the bright sun in Visakhapatnam, soon became grim when the city threw the city on Wednesday and threw Indian training plans into mess. With the Women’s World Cup match against South African Africa, the afternoon Indian team training was essential – but nature had other ideas.
Sitting, originally set to the beginning at 2 pm, was delayed by almost an hour when the ground staff plunged to protect the surface. The playground and outfield were under the covers before the arrival of the players. When the rain finally retreated, the puddles remained in the field and the humid air hung heavily above the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy Aca-VDCA.
The Indian group reached the venue around 14:15, but only the captain of Harmanpreet Kaur and Batter Jemimah Rodrigues decided to train, accompanied by complete coaching staff – head coach AMOL MUZUMDAR, coach of Bowling Aveshkar Salvi and other support members. Trio HarmanPreet, Muzumdar and Salvi first assessed the playground, which was under the covers before they decided to continue with a lightlitter.
Harmanpreet soon limited to exercising in the field, while Jemimah got to the center of attention in Nets and worked intensively on its launch for almost an hour. The Mumbai dough had a mixed run-first ball against Sri Lanka and scratched 32 versus Pakistan in the tournament, sometimes spinning. The Jemimah, determined to make changes, looked into a deep concentration during its session.
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Almost every van she faced early was focused on her pillows as she tried to work on the movement of her legs and on the side on the side. As the session proceeded, she switched to the solution of short -term balls, tried to move and passed through both sides of the goal. Smimah continued with sweat, continued for almost an hour under the alert eyes of coaching staff, alternating between main networks and side nets.
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Later it moved to focus on playing the rotation of the left arm-oblast, which was troubled in the last matches. The Jemimah, placed on the side spacing, has repeatedly practiced shots of sweeping and back sweeping and tried to improve her capabilities against slower pitching. Its intensity did not go once, and it seemed that she had decided to iron her weaknesses before the decisive meeting of India. Harmanpreet Kaur during the session worked on her off-side games. Courtesy: pti
Meanwhile, Harmanpreet set out on the main field later in the session. The Indian captain, padded and wearing a helmet, spent about 20 minutes on the fold and consciously worked on his off-the-line game-clear sign that he was also preparing for specific scenarios of the match.
The rest of the team, which trained extensively on Tuesday, did not exercise on Wednesday. Pacers Renuka Singh and Amanjot Kaur were seen passing through strict bowling drills under the supervision of coach Avishkar Salvi on Tuesday. Both looked sharp and ready and permanently hit good length despite damp conditions.
Among the most animated artists during the session was Richa Ghosh goalkeeper. After a heavy day behind the stumps against Pakistan – where she dropped four chances – Riche seemed to be eagerly corrected on Tuesday. She went through an intense goal, taking sharp catches from different angles and responding to simulated match situations. Later she joined Harleen Deola to a short launch stint and worked on her timing and location on Tuesday.
Kranti Gaud, who was appointed player in the Indian victory over Pakistan, initially remained from bowling.
Before the session was wrapped, the sun finally broke through the gray clouds and left the shiny outer field. Despite the delay, the Indian team managed to press a valuable preparation time before the next challenge. And in the heart of all this was Jemimah Rodrigues – soaked with sweat, a bat in his hand, and determined in her efforts to rediscover the form when it matters most.
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Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
8 October 2025
