Ramesh Powar: We're working towards dominance

Though the Indian womens cricket team had a farfromideal training camp with lastminute shift from Wankhede to the Brabourne Stadium Harmanpreet Kaur amp Co are confident of putting their best foot forward in the ICC World T20 which begins in the Caribbean on November 9With the Indian teams plan to tour the West Indies ahead of the World T20 falling apart due to the West Indies boards financial issues Harmanpreet amp Co got quality match practice against Australia AThe India A team thrashed the visitors 30 in the T20 series that ended on Friday at MCAs Bandra Kurla Complex ground In a tournament as big as the World Cup it may sometimes boil down to how well a team can handle pressure While in the batting department the team can boast of the likes of senior Mithali Raj skipper Harmanpreet and prolific opener Smriti Mandhana who can absorb pressure it is the bowling department where the inexperience factor can hurt after veteran Jhulan Goswami quit the T20 format in AugustCoach Ramesh Powar wasnt too concerned with the Indian team not having a clearcut pace spearhead We are not here to create leaders We work towards creating matchwinners so that in futureevery player gets the confidence that she can win a match on her own said Powar on the eve of the teams departure to the West IndiesThis team is working towards dominance We will work together to dominate at the World Cupthe players are not going to just take part Powar added Skipper Harmanpreet too sounded confident of her team handling pressure situations better than they did in the 50over World Cup final last yearWe had not played in a World Cup final before last year except Mithali and Jhulan Once you get the experience of a particular situation you are able to think about what went wrong Had we been able to handle our nerves for a little longer and handle the situation then well it would have been good But we have learnt from our mistakes and I hope that we wont repeat them if we get another chance Harmanpreet saidPowar said he had designed certain drills to see how youngsters in the team react to pressure situations and the coach was extremely satisfied with the outcome We tried to put them under pressure in these eight games We changed a lot of things We played with only one seamer and put the spinners under pressure We wanted to replicate pressure situations which are important We let them go through that and thats how we learn said the former India offie The Indian eves will take on New Zealand in their opening clash on November 9Not a pleasant scene at the start CoachIT wasnt an ideal dressing room scenario when Ramesh Powar took charge as coach of the Indian womens team after Tushar Arothe was forced to resign in July However Powars time with Mumbai cricket as player and indoor academy coach helped him rebuild the Indian teamIt was not a pleasant situation to walk in as coach but I have faced these situations as a player for Mumbai and that helped When you are building a team from scratch its important to communicate well The Indian team come first was the message I conveyed and the players understood what I was talking about within a few days said PowarCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates