‘There was grace in her performance’ - Pragyan Ojha lauds Grace Harris' heroics

Australian batter Grace Harris played a sensational innings on Sunday evening as UP Warriorz won their inaugural WPL clash against Gujarat Giants by three wickets.

Chasing 170, the Warriorz were struggling at 105 for 7 in the 16th over. However, Harris notched up a brilliant unbeaten 26-ball 59, including seven fours and three sixes to register their first win, and the tournament’s first successful chase. She was ably supported by Kiran Navgire who scored 53 off 43 balls and Sophie Ecclestone who remained unbeaten, and scored a quickfire 22 off 12 balls at the DY Patil Stadium. 

Pragyan Ojha, one of the experts for Sports18 and JioCinema, believes Harris analysed the situation very well. “There was grace in her batting. Full points to her for the way she analysed the situation. She knew there was dew at play and it wouldn’t be easy for the bowlers to consistently hit the right lengths and the batters could take advantage of that,” said Ojha in his post-match analysis.  

Ojha also praised T20 veteran Deepti Sharma, who had a good day with the ball, and returned with figures of 4/27. “Deepti Sharma has an amazing track record with over 200 wickets in T20 cricket. She is an experienced campaigner with both bat and ball. It wasn’t a great day with the bat today but whenever any captain hands over the ball to her, they expect her to deliver a breakthrough and she does that,” added Ojha.  

UP Warriorz captain Alyssa Healy also spoke highly of her compatriot Harris. “Grace is grace. I think that is the only way you can describe her. She has genuinely got the belief in her ability of striking the ball like the way she did tonight. She showed India and the world on exactly what she can do and got us from a position of nowhere near of winning the game to getting us over the line,” said Healy in the post-match presentation.

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