Women’s T20 WC: India aim to bounce back against Ireland in race for semis

Their victory run halted by England, India will likely be wanting ahead to bouncing back in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup after they tackle Ireland in their subsequent sport.

India know a win will go a good distance to making certain their event continues into the semifinals.

Despite England slipping to 29 for three firstly of their innings thanks to the very good bowling of Renuka Thakur, who took 5 for 15, India couldn’t cease them from placing up a defendable rating. In reply, India have been unable to chase down 152.

The 11-run loss means a second-place end in Group B is the most certainly, however fielding coach Subhadeep Ghosh insisted there could be no panic or huge adjustments.

“Yesterday’s match was a very good match,” stated Subhadeep. “I believe each the perimeters performed properly.

“I think 150 was chaseable, definitely, and we were in the game throughout the 20 overs. We were in the game till the 20th over. One or two sixes would have been a different story,” he stated in the pre-match press convention on Sunday.

“We have to give credit to the English bowlers. They kept us under pressure, and they fielded well. They didn’t give us the boundaries.”

Meanwhile, Ireland captain Laura Delany promised there may be extra to come from her aspect as they finish their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 marketing campaign against India on Monday.

Delany’s aspect is winless from its first three matches, with a slim defeat against West Indies on Friday making certain they may not qualify for the semi-finals.

It implies that their event will come to an finish at St George’s Park right here against an Indian aspect wanting to bounce back from defeat to England.

“We know that we’ve performed well in certain aspects of the game throughout the last number of games, but there are certain areas that we definitely want to target now in this last game,” she stated.

“What’s most fun for us is that we have not performed our greatest cricket but and we would like to put in a extremely good efficiency tomorrow and present everybody what we’re able to.

“We’ve carried out properly in sure elements of the sport. Our high order has carried out with nice intent, however then we have failed to kick on in the latter phases of the batting innings.

“We’ve bowled well at times; we just haven’t been consistent; we haven’t backed it up. One area that we really want to try and focus on is making sure that if we perform with the bat, we back that up in the same game with the ball.”

Youngsters reminiscent of Orla Prendergast, 20, and Gabby Lewis, 21, have impressed with the bat to date in South Africa, with Prendergast hitting 61 off 47 balls against West Indies as a part of a 90-run partnership with Lewis.

It is the primary World Cup for a lot of Ireland’s gamers, and Delany is aware of her aspect will likely be significantly better in the long run for the expertise of pitting themselves against the perfect in the world.

“At times throughout this tournament, nerves have definitely got the better of a few players, which is understandable,” she added.

“There are a number of gamers in this group which have by no means competed in a World Cup earlier than and have not performed against sure sides like England and tomorrow against India, there will be some women which have by no means performed against India.

“I’m actually enthusiastic about the place this group can go. I do know the previous few performances could not have proven that to everybody else however being concerned and main this group is such an honour and I do know that we’re heading in the precise path no matter the outcomes.

“There’s so much potential within this team and the squad at the moment. And if we keep putting our best foot forward, hopefully, we’ll just keep tracking in the right direction.”

–IANS

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