India captain Harmanpreet Kaur will look to get well from her long-running kind and strengthen the struggling batting line-up within the first T20 International in opposition to sturdy hosts England right here on Friday.
England lead 6-4 within the multi-format collection after a drawn Test and a 2-1 score-line in ODIs.
Barring Mithali Raj’s exceptional consistency within the ODIs, the Indian batting was disappointing and that is one thing the group want to enhance upon within the three T20Is.
India’s high two performers in ODIs – Mithali and Jhulan Goswami – will see motion from the sidelines.
Harmanpreet, who hasn’t scored a fifty within the shortest format since November 2018, must lead from the entrance.
Both the openers Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are in good kind however the group is anticipating extra consistency from them, particularly from the vice-captain.
The tour’s excellent performer – Sneh Rana – is about to make his first T20I debut since February 2016.
Along with Shafali, one other 17-year-old Richa Ghosh can be prone to characteristic within the enjoying XI after doing properly within the house collection in opposition to South Africa.
Indian batsmen had been responsible of consuming too many dot balls in ODIs however that’s one thing they can not do within the shortest format.
“Since the ODIs, the focus has been on strike rotation, variety of fast bowlers and playing conditions in the nets. Bowling and fielding showed great improvement but the batsmen need to move on. Hopefully, they will,” a BCCI official informed PTI.
India are but to see the pitch as they practice in Leicester however whatever the circumstances, they might want to put up a minimum of 150 to problem a group like England.
Apart from Deepti Sharma and Rana, India have a 3rd all-rounder choice in pacer Simran Dil Bahadur, who made his debut in opposition to South Africa.
England, alternatively, have introduced again opener Danny Wyatt for T20Is after an honest run in home cricket.
He is about to open with Tammy Beaumont within the absence of Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Medium pacer Kate Cross, who took 5 wickets in ODIs, isn’t a part of the T20 squad.
“We have performed some good cricket in each Tests and ODIs and we now have named a robust group for the T20I collection. It’s 6-4 in a multi-format collection and it is a collection we’re working exhausting to win.
England head coach Lisa Keightley stated, “We probably weren’t doing our best in the third ODI, so I want us to take the field in the first T20I and be ruthless.”
Teams (from):
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain) Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Indrani Roy, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simaran Dil Bahadur.
England: Heather Knight (c), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Freya Davis, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Maddie Villiers, Fran Wilson, Danny Wyatt.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
