Eng vs Ind Women’s 1st T20I: Covid-19 and groin injury hampered tour preparation, says skipper Harmanpreet Kaur

India skipper Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday attributed her prolonged lean patch with the bat to lack of preparation following her recovery from a Covid-19 infection and groin injury earlier this year.

India women T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur would be aiming to overcome her prolonged form slump and provide a much-needed boost to the struggling batting line-up in the opening T20 International against formidable hosts England in Northampton on Friday. The skipper said that the longer-than-expected recovery from the groin injury she sustained in March, followed by her contracting Covid-19 later that month, affected her preparations leading up to India's ongoing tour of England.