‘We need to groom pace bowling department’

Mithali wants improved show from batters

Mithali Raj believes the seamers have to deliver as India tries to bounce back after losing comprehensively to England in the first ODI at Bristol on Sunday. “If seamers don’t get wickets, that puts a lot of pressure on the spinners,” she said at a virtual press conference. “We need to groom the pace bowling department. (Besides) Jhulan Goswami, the others in the team should be able to step up when they get an opportunity. These conditions assist seamers and they should make use of them.”