Commonwealth Games 2022: India to satisfy mighty Australia as inaugural ladies’s T20I competitors begins
Edgbaston is all set to script historical past as soon as once more! The floor that hosted the inaugural Women’s World Cup ultimate in 1973 will stage the first-ever Women’s T20 competitors on the Commonwealth Games.
The reigning T20 World Cup champions Australia and the 2020 finalists India would be the historical past makers as they conflict within the sold-out ladies’s cricket curtain-raiser on Friday (July 29). The match begins at 3.30 pm IST.
As India gear as much as meet the mighty Australia, ladies’s cricket will make a debut on the Commonwealth Games, however total, the game will make a comeback on the Commonwealth Games after 24 years, when a List A males’s 50-over event came about on the 1998 version in Kuala Lumpur.
Quite a bit has modified within the Indian camp because the 2020 ICC occasion. From the return of a sacked coach to the top of the towering presence of a batting legend, India are actually in a transitional section. In spite of being younger, India’s eight out of 15 gamers have been concerned within the 2020 ultimate, which noticed a report 86,174 attendees.
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When it involves the group stage, it’s India who’ve the higher hand over Australia. During the T20 World Cup 2020, India defeated Australia of their pool match, which put the eventual champions on the verge of getting eradicated in their very own yard.
But come Friday, India must rework on their plans as all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar, who examined optimistic for Covid-19, continues to be in isolation in Bengaluru. Vastrakar performed an important function throughout India’s current 50-over World Cup marketing campaign. She is somebody who gives fearless hitting within the decrease order and supplies early breakthroughs. Meanwhile, S. Meghana, who was additionally down with Covid, has joined the Indian group in Birmingham.
Although Vastrakar is but to fly out to Birmingham, her thought of getting a “killer attitude” is shaping the group for the Games. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, in a pre-match press convention, mentioned: “We still have a balanced side. We need to just shuffle our batting order and bowl intelligently. We can have a great competition. Right now, we are working on the killing attitude. Everyone’s talking about it and we are working on it. During the Sri Lanka tour, we had a team meeting, Pooja (Vastrakar) came up with this idea and said we have to play that way. It felt really nice to see players giving ideas.”
India squad on the CWG 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniya Sapna Bhatia, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana. Standbys: Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav, Simran Dil Bahadur.
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