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Earlier than the clash against Australia within the ICC Females’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Dubai, Indian opener Shafali Verma acknowledged that the group’s focus will possible be on receive speed charge within the upcoming match against the defending champions. India and Australia will lock horns with each other within the 18th match of the continuing marquee match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Two competition heavyweights slip head-to-head in a match-up that can possess major ramifications on who reaches the semi-finals.
“All americans knows that receive speed charge is going down and we withhold playing it. And I possess whereas you happen to are playing within the Indian group, you do now not must repeat us that you just’re below the NRR. Because all americans seems to be very old fashion and all americans seems to be seeing every part. So, I possess it be now not something to claim. But obviously, now we possess the NRR in our minds. And we are going to withhold a highlight on it,” Shafali Verma acknowledged as quoted by the ICC.
India’s first-up loss to New Zealand system they desperately want a victory here to lift their possibilities of setting up it to the knockout stages.
Whereas they may maybe well well lose this and mild qualify, a rating will give them the finest likelihood as this may maybe occasionally possible maybe well plot them stage with Australia on six aspects and give their receive speed charge a increase.
Whereas Australia are unbeaten within the UAE and impressed so a long way with three consecutive victories, they effect possess some new headaches with injuries to skipper Alyssa Healy and pacer Tayla Vlaeminck to care for.
The six-time champions possess excellent depth in their squad, with the likes of Grace Harris, Kim Garth and Darcie Brown waiting within the wings and in a tell to switch into the starting XI if required.
One element may maybe well well per chance also simply even be assured, that is possible to be a appealing contest because the continuing contention between India and Australia continues.
Australian spinner Ashley Gardner is hoping that every player within the group will make within the fixture against Females in Blue.
“Our focus is totally on India and whatever the group makeup is, I’m sure all americans that is within the XI will effect an unheard of job,” Ashley Gardner acknowledged.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (field to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil (field to fitness), Sajana Sajeevan.
Travelling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor.
Non-Travelling reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra
Australia: Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vc), Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham.
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