The host nation, who entered the match with a couple of eye on a shot on the Commonwealth title, was consigned to the bronze-medal playoff towards the loser of the semi-remaining between Australia and New Zealand.
That was after Smriti Mandhana’s 32-ball 61 and Jemimah Rodrigues’ glorious ending set India up, after which Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma held their nerve on the loss of life to defend 164.
“It will be a tough afternoon,” Sciver mentioned. “There will probably be a few quiet people, but playing for a medal is something that we’ve wanted to do ever since we heard about the Commonwealth Games. So we’ll be out in full force tomorrow.
“It’s robust to take any loss actually, however we clearly needed to be within the gold-medal match and hadn’t thought of not [being in it] actually. It’s going to be robust to take however I’m positive we’ll hopefully assessment as fast as we are able to after which actually be capable to park that and exit with the identical freedom and angle that we now have been doing tomorrow.”
Brunt later received an official reprimand and one demerit point for breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct for using an audible obscenity.
“The incident occurred within the seventeenth over of India’s innings, when Brunt used inappropriate language after a catch was dropped off India batter Deepti Sharma,” the ICC said in a statement. “Brunt admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed… so there was no want for a proper listening to.”
Brunt, who has enjoyed an excellent tournament so far with bat and ball, conceded 30 runs off her four overs for one wicket, while left-arm seamer Kemp took 2 for 22 from three. Sciver, who claimed one wicket herself, said Brunt’s reactions were purely heat-of-the-moment and backed her side to bounce back.
“Their openers are heavy boundary hitters and clearly it is not good if you’re getting hit for boundaries both, so the stress was on,” Sciver said. “It’s laborious within the second to not be upset a few catch happening. We’re nonetheless a unit, we’re nonetheless a crew, we’ll be back out tomorrow.”
Brunt fell for a two-ball duck, caught by Harmanpreet Kaur off Rana in the final over, and while Ecclestone smashed the last ball of the match for a huge six down the ground, it was too late.
“In hindsight, you in all probability might say you would flip it however we’ll by no means know,” Keightley said. “Katherine’s had such a great match, I used to be eager to back her in after which see what she might do, however we’ll by no means know, will we?”
Keightley also said that while the bronze-medal game posed a different challenge in terms of requiring teams to play again after losing what would normally be a “knockout” game, she was glad her side have that opportunity.
“There’s lots to play for, getting a medal within the first Commonwealth Games and going away with one thing is, on the flip aspect, fairly good,” she said. “So I’m positive they are going to be trying to enhance and bounce back and present how we are able to play.
“Smriti Mandhana had a fantastic innings. I think she probably hasn’t played one better in a big match. She was fantastic and good on her. She really took it to our bowlers, who were a little bit off. We probably didn’t execute how we wanted to, but that’s cricket isn’t it?
“Their powerplay was actually good. India’s ways in going sluggish, they’ve achieved that earlier than and we have been used to it however they in all probability executed it and backed it up within the area.
“And we’ve got six new players within our T20 side, which I still think is very exciting, and a lot of players will be a lot better for the run and getting used to the pressure can only help us down the track.”
Valkerie Baynes is a basic editor at ESPNcricinfo