India vows an all-out effort to break Australia’s hold at T20 World Cup

• India vows an all-out effort to break Australia’s hold at T20 World Cup.
• Harmanpreet Kaur thinks there is a factor that might change the odds.
• The second semifinal will feature England versus South Africa.

CAPE TOWN: Although Australia and England are heavy favourites to go to the Women’s T20 World Cup final on Sunday, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur thinks there is a factor that might change the odds.

“Pressure,” she remarked, referring to the semi-final matchup with Australia on Thursday at Newlands in Cape Town.

“Both teams are under pressure in World Cup games.”

On Friday, the second semifinal will feature England versus South Africa.

When their dominance was questioned, Australia and England, who were unbeaten in the group stages, won with attacking cricket.

Richa Ghosh, a 19-year-old wicketkeeper for India, stated that “they attack a lot.”

“Thus, they continue to attack no matter what happens to them, even if the batter is out. We also have a strong depth in our batting, so we’ll play an attacking game.”

In their last 10 meetings, the defending champions Australia have won nine and tied one.

Australia defeated India by 85 runs in the 2020 World Cup final in Melbourne after bowling them out for just 99.

Meg Lanning, the team’s captain, said on Wednesday that her squad will not become complacent.

‘Great depth’

“India has demonstrated, in my opinion, that they are not dependent on just one or two players. They also have a lot of depth “She spoke.

“Tomorrow, we both start at the same level. What has occurred in this tournament or in prior games is irrelevant. It concerns what will occur in the park tomorrow. And yes, we believe that if we play our best cricket, we will have a great chance of winning.”

Australia is favored to win and is mostly immune to the pressures Kaur mentioned because they have won five out of the last seven T20 World Cups and seven 50-over World Cups.

After playing their group matches in Paarl and Gqeberha, Australia will make their tournament debut at Newlands.

The added bounce and pace at Newlands, along with the intriguing fast bowler Darcie Brown and the leg-spinner Georgia Wareham, should really benefit their stroke-playing batters.

They have a bowling attack that hasn’t yet let up more runs than South Africa’s 124 runs.

Jemima Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana, and hard-hitting Ghosh are part of India’s potent batting lineup.

Shafali Verma is an opening batter who can establish a match-winning pace, while Captain Kaur is a tried-and-true performer.

Smriti and Verma, about whom we’ve talked a little bit, are crucial members of their team and have the ability to rapidly win the game for them, continued Lanning.

We’ve planned and we’ll try our best to get early wickets because we know how important it is in T20 cricket.

Renuka Thakur’s swing and a variety of slow bowlers, among which Deepti Sharma is the biggest threat, are the foundation of India’s bowling attack.

With vice-captain Alyssa Healy back in the lineup following her absence from the six-wicket triumph against South Africa due to a quad injury, Australia will be at full strength.

Like Australia, England played its early games away from Newlands, but on Tuesday, in their first appearance at the tournament’s legendary headquarters, they completely dominated Pakistan.

‘Positive cricket’

The team was dedicated to attacking cricket, according to wicketkeeper Amy Jones, a successful hard-hitting “finisher” in the last overs.

“It really simplifies everything when you know you’ve got the backing of everyone in your team to stick to your skills and play the best encouraging cricket we can,” she said.

Only two of their four group games were victories for South Africa, who nonetheless qualified based on net run rate after dismissing New Zealand for 67.

When South Africa lost to England in the semifinals of the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand last year, opening batter Laura Wolvaardt said South Africa had “a mental lapse” and played their poorest match of the tournament. Wolvaardt scored 66 without being bowled against Bangladesh on Tuesday.

“Simply put, we need to talk a lot about how to maintain our mental health. I believe we possess the talent and ability “Wolvaardt added.

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