Mount Monganui: The Indian women’s team, which has been doing well with the bat for quite some time, will look to start their campaign on a grand note in the ICC Women’s One Day World Cup by registering a big win against arch-rivals Pakistan here on Sunday, hoping to outdo the bowlers as well.India 2005 And was the runner up in 2017 and this time he wants nothing less than the title. Especially when its two star players captain Mithali Raj and fast bowler Jhulan Goswami are playing their last World Cup.
The Indian team had reached New Zealand only a month ago and is well aware of the conditions here. Although the Indian batsmen have done well recently but the bowlers have not been able to play the game as expected. Indian batsmen have scored over 250 in five matches in the last seven including two warm-up matches which is a good sign for the team. But the bowlers did not work as India lost the series 1-4 to New Zealand. He could not defend a score of more than 270 runs in two matches.
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In the fifth match, however, he performed well, which helped India win the match. Mithali hopes that her team will do well in both the batting and bowling department. Mithali said, “We can gain confidence from the last matches. It is important to play according to the conditions.” The fast bowling department will be headed by the reliable Jhulan who has, as always, displayed a fine example of his wicket-taking skills but Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Singh need to put up a better game.
Spinner Deepti Sharma was the highest wicket-taker in the bilateral series, while Rajeshwari Gaikwad did well in the warm-up games but consistency in her performance will be crucial. Harmanpreet Kaur’s timely return to form is a positive sign for India but opener Shefali Verma will be under pressure as she struggles to score runs. India will need a good start from him and Smriti Mandhana.
Mithali will be tasked with grooming the innings while the team will be hoping that Richa Ghosh will maintain her good form. As far as Pakistan is concerned, it has participated in the World Cup four times, out of which three times it was at the bottom and once in the Super Six in 2009. The Bismah Maroof-led side, however, will be full of confidence with wins over New Zealand and Bangladesh in the warm-up matches.
The teams are as follows:
Bharat: Mithali Raj (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Richa Ghosh (WK), Tania Bhatia (WK), Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami , Renuka Singh.
Pakistan: Alia Riaz, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nahida Khan, Bismah Maroof (c), Sidra Amin, Nida Dar, Anam Amin, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Aiman Anwar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima Nashara Sandhu.
The match will start at 6.30 am Indian time.