Indian batter Punam Raut had an interactive session with Oman’s women’s cricket team on Monday and shared some valuable tips with them.
Oman cricket association organized a video call. The session was moderated by the Lady coordinator of Oman cricket and the captain of Oman’s women’s team, Vaishali Jesrani.
Around 20 budding cricketers interacted with Punam and talked about the various aspects of cricket like the key to succeeding at the highest level, how to handle pressure in critical situations, and self-evaluation. They also learned about the technicalities of batting.
The 31-year-old Indian opener has represented India in 2 test matches, 71 One-Day Internationals and 35 T20 Internationals so far. She also has the world record of the highest opening partnership of 320 runs with Deepti Sharma in an ODI against Ireland in 2017, in which she contributed 109 runs. This surpassed the women record of 268 runs, held by England’s Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins which was made against South Africa in 2008, and the men’s record in ODIs of 286 runs, held by Sri Lanka’s Upal Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya which was made against England in 2006.
Oman Cricket is grateful to Indian Women Cricketer @raut_punam for enlightening our women cricketers in an interactive session yesterday.
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G is the word to use for this session !
Real insight and complete focus.#OmanCricket #cricket #OneTeam #livesession pic.twitter.com/v2DX8zpc3f
— Oman Cricket (@academyoman) May 25, 2021
Talking about the online session in Punam, Duleep Mendis, Chief Development Officer, Oman cricket said, “it was important for Oman’s women cricketers to understand the mindset of elite players so they can learn from them.”
“Oman Cricket is continuously taking initiatives to develop cricket at all levels and it is committed to promoting women’s cricket in the country too,” he added
Vaishali Jesrani, the captain of Oman’s Women’s cricket team said, “This was a huge opportunity for our players. Punam focused on important topics like setting individual goals and handling pressure. Our girls had so much to learn from her and it was heartening to see that Punam motivated them to take their cricket more seriously to succeed at the international level.”
Source: Times of Oman
