India’s women’s national cricket team has always been a very good performing team with their skipper Mithali Raj who is one of the finest batters of all time. But one thing that the team has failed to handle many times is the pressure. There are instances where you can see that Mithali has asked the board of cricket to send a psychologist with the team as it can help to create a great impact on the mindset of the players especially during the knockout games of the tour and now the matches are being played in bubbles the professional help is in much requirement.
On the evening of the opening t20 against New Zealand she stated that it is of greater importance to have such professionals around the team for a longer duration and it can help in identifying different ways for different players to handle pressure and quarantine, she further added. Mughda Bharave, the psychologist who traveled with the Indian team to New Zealand to support them by takin gone to one session with the players whenever necessary. She praised the accommodation at MIQ and criticized the rooms in Australia calling them tiny. Reading books, solving puzzles is the thing that keeps her distracted off the field.
