‘It’s a proud moment for me and my family’: Kranti Goud’s expresses her feelings after brilliant performance against Pakistan

In a high-stakes Women’s World Cup clash against Pakistan on Sunday, the seamer underlined her growing importance to the team, returning excellent figures of 3 for 20 in 10 overs that included three maidens, to derail Pakistan’s chase of 247.

Her performance set up an emphatic 88-run victory and earned Goud her first Player-of-the-Match award at the very venue where she made her national debut in May this year.

“My India debut was also in Sri Lanka, and today I’m the Player of the Match here. It’s a proud moment for me and my family. I’m very happy,” she told reporters with a wide smile after the game.

Asked about her conversations with India’s bowling coach Aavishkar Salvi, Goud said, “Right now, the bowling coach hasn’t told me anything about my speed.”

“Our focus is on maintaining a consistent line and length, not trying to do too much. I’m comfortable with my pace at the moment, but I want to bowl faster.” “The ball was swinging a lot. I had this feeling inside me that there will be a wicket in this over. Hary di (Harmanpreet Kaur) asked to remove the second slip as the pace was reducing but I told di that ‘please keep a second slip‘.”

With PTI Inputs.