I'm loving my time with RCB – Grace Harris

Grace Harris left the bowlers in utter disarray as RCB racked up their second win of the season, blowing apart UP Warriorz. Harris smashed 85 off just 40 balls, leading the show for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru. She won the Player of the Match award for her game-winning knock against her former team.

Talking in the post-match presentation, Grace Harris opened up on her current feelings and her bond with RCB, stating, “It's pretty good. I'm just really happy that some of the work that I've been doing with my batting is kind of... It's paying off out in the middle at the moment and it's going quite well. So, I guess I'm loving my time with RCB. I've always enjoyed the WPL competition. It's a great set-up and, yeah, just really loving life at the moment.”

Revealing the time when she came to know that she will be opening the innings, Harris said, “Yeah, that is true. I did kind of think I'd be facing a bit of an older ball. So, I was preparing for, you know, change-up deliveries and maybe batting at the death. But, I guess, Malo bhai (Malolan Rangarajan) is what I call him, but he's been fantastic. He just kind of came over to me at a training session and was just like, you know, you might want to face a new ball. I think we're opening and I just thought, oh, how good.”

Shedding light on the joy of batting with Smriti Mandhana, Grace said, “I get to bat with Smriti. She's so classy and just calm. It's a great reminder when you watch her bat that you don't actually even have to over-hit the ball when you watch her. She makes batting look so easy, so smooth and technically correct that it's just good.”