Star keeper-batsman Richa Ghosh feels India will want at the very least 180 runs to problem the depth of the Australian batting line-up within the semi-finals of the Women’s T20 World Cup.
Although India misplaced the five-match sequence 1-4 in December, the scoreline did not do justice to how laborious the ‘Women in Blue’ pushed the world’s top-ranked group in 5 matches. And as soon as once more Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. is aiming to do exactly that.
“Australia are comfortable chasing because they bat deep, we do too, but the toss is in nobody’s hand. So whatever the situation, we have to go through it. We have plans,” Ghosh , India’s greatest finisher by far, stated on the eve of the semi-final towards Southern Stars.
“We don’t know how the pitch will behave tomorrow but it looks good,” he stated. We can goal 180 on this if all our batsmen click on and whereas bowling we’ll attempt to prohibit them to 140-150 as they’ve an excellent batting line up,” stated Ghosh.
In Ghosh, India have gotten a much-needed finisher and the teen has not dissatisfied. Talking about his sport, he stated: “There are at all times ups and downs, even me, however realized lots from there, the way you deal with a scenario. When I’m batting My dealing with of strain improves after I go for it.” Australia has been India’s bogey group in recent times however Ghosh is assured that Meg Lanning’s facet could be beat.Australia have been a dominant drive on this format since successful the final version at house in 2020.
In the final 22 months, Australia have misplaced only one T20 match and that defeat got here towards India by way of Super Over away from house. The five-time champions are unbeaten within the event up to now, having received all their group stage matches.
“Australia are beatable, we beat them in our last series and we’ve done it before. They are a strong team but we can beat them,” stated Ghosh.
“We are trying to improve our mindset. The game is for everyone but the team which is mentally strong will win. We are working on that,” stated Ghosh.
After the five-match sequence in December, the U-19 World Cup-winning teenager stated India are planning to use Australia’s weaknesses.
We know Australia’s weak point and we’re planning towards it however I will not say what that (weak point) is as a result of then they’ll come ready. Ghosh, who has scored two half-centuries within the event and is the group’s main run-scorer, stated India will play an attacking sport like Australia on Thursday.
“They attack a lot. So no matter what happens to them, even if the batsman gets out, they don’t stop attacking. Because they have batsmen from top to bottom. We have batsmen from top to bottom as well. So we will play an aggressive game.” Ghosh feels that defeating Australia can be a ‘big confidence booster’ to achieve the ultimate.
“I just look at the ball and try to play accordingly, I don’t look at who is bowling because if we start thinking that a top bowler is bowling then panic sets in,” she concluded .
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
