Having received the higher of Pakistan within the lung-opener, India would endeavour to place up an improved bowling present towards West Indies of their second Girls’s T20 World Cup match right here on Wednesday.
The Indian batters, with out vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, managed to finish their highest profitable chase within the T20 World Cup within the win towards Pakistan.
Mandhana missed the tie towards Pakistan owing to a finger damage however the star opener is prone to be again within the crew towards the West Indies, who’re coming off a giant loss towards England.
The Indian bowlers have been responsible of taking their foot off the pedal within the again finish of the innings, permitting Pakistan to attain 91 runs within the second half of their innings.
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues, proper, celebrates her 50 and the profitable runs towards Pakistan, in the course of the Girls’s T20 World Cup cricket match in Cape City, South Africa, Sunday Feb. 12, 2023. (AP/PTI Picture)
They are going to be eager to offer a greater account of themselves. With harder oppositions anticipated because the match progresses, the Indian bowlers couldn’t have requested for a greater opponent than a well-known West Indies facet, whom India beat twice within the current tri-series.
If India wish to win the title, the batting division too has to tug up its socks.
It if wasn’t for younger Richa Ghosh’s three boundaries on the trot within the 18th over, India would have been unable to cross the road.
The massive-hitting Shafali Verma, contemporary from main India to the inaugural U-19 World Cup title, didn’t look her imperious greatest towards Pakistan. She struggled to get the large photographs.
Opening the innings within the absence of Mandhana, Yastika Bhatia struggled for rhythm whereas skipper Harmanpreet Kaur too perished with out making an impression.
India will breathe a sigh of reduction that Jemimah Rodrigues, a confirmed match-winner, hit type after a underwhelming run as she anchored the innings however the middle-order batter should handle her strike charge higher and go for the large photographs.
The addition of Mandhana, a significant cog on this Indian crew’s scheme of issues, won’t doubt bolster the batting.
West Indies, however, can be wanting to register their first win within the match having being thrashed by England of their opener.
The Hayley Matthews-led facet is enduring a wretched run, having misplaced 14 matches on the trot.
They may as soon as once more flip to skipper Matthews who has oodles of expertise. The skipper isn’t any stranger to delivering on the large stage.
Indian ladies gamers Richa Ghosh and Jemimah Rodrigues after profitable the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup 2023 match towards Pakistan ladies, in Newlands, Cape City, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (PTI)
Nonetheless, the skipper wants the others to step up, particularly the skilled Stefanie Taylor, who has returned from a again damage.
It will likely be a vital fixture for West Indies as a loss would knock the previous champions out of the semi-final rivalry.
Groups (from):
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey.
West Indies: Hayley Matthews (c), Shemaine Campbelle (vc), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Trishan Holder, Zaida James, Djenaba Joseph, Chedean Nation, Karishma Ramharack, Shakera Selman, Stafanie Taylor, Rashada Williams.