The Women in Blue landed in India’s first deliberate metropolis final week in excessive spirits. They had made historical past in England in their final sequence, but when they’d some plans for taming the mighty Australia in the refreshingly inexperienced Chandigarh, they didn’t fairly work in the first ODI.
Even a aggressive complete of 281 for seven proved like a stroll in the pretty Chandigarh Golf course for the mighty Aussies. That was India’s eighth defeat in a row to Australia in ODIs.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s girls ought to be determined to set the record right in the second of the three-match sequence at the new PCA Stadium right here on Wednesday. To do this, they may have to play so much higher.
In the first recreation, they’d threatened to go previous 300 for the first time in opposition to Australia, with the high three making fifties. India wanted no less than one in all them to stay lengthy sufficient at the wicket to assist the aspect put up a giant complete. Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal and Harleen Deol ought to be regretting the method they bought out.
Add Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh, and you’ve got a powerful batting line-up that ought to pile up runs on tracks like this. With India’s opening match in the World Cup in opposition to Sri Lanka only a fortnight away, all its batters can be hoping to play some substantial knocks.
India may even need to catch higher in opposition to a aspect that boasts of such high quality, skilled batters as skipper Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner and the younger abilities Phoebe Litchfield and Annabel Sutherland.
Litchfield hadn’t began scoring when she was dropped, in simply the second over. She went on to make 88 off 80 balls. She was hardly troubled by the Indian bowlers, nor have been Mooney or Sutherland, who each made unbeaten half-centuries.
India’s choice to play with 4 frontline spinners and only one seamer didn’t work. It can be fascinating to see if Renuka Singh, the swing bowler who’s coming back from damage, can be making an look. Her final recreation for India was final December.
The groups (from): India: Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt.), Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh, M. Shree Charani, Sneh Rana and Uma Chetry.
Australia: Alyssa Healy (Capt.), Tahlia McGrath, Nicole Faltum, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Charli Knott, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll and Georgia Wareham.
Match begins at 1.30 p.m.
