Ahead of India’s semi-final conflict towards Australia within the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh acknowledged that the Meg Lanning-led aspect are a powerful workforce. But on the similar time, she felt India had it in them to hand Australia a defeat.
Australia, defending champions within the competitors, head into the semi-finals as agency favourites, particularly with a 3-2 higher hand over India in Women’s T20 World Cup matches. Moreover, Australia bought the higher of India within the 2020 Women’s T20 World Cup closing on the MCG and Commonwealth Games gold medal match final yr in Birmingham.
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But India can be the one aspect to whom Australia have misplaced twice since T20Is in 2021. “We can beat Australia, it’s not that we can’t beat them – because we did it in the last series in India and we did it before as well. But yes, they are a strong team but we can beat them also,” stated Richa within the pre-match press convention.
Richa refused to expose into the methods which can be employed by India towards Australia within the semi-final at Newlands Cricket Ground. “Yes, we have noticed the weak spots and we have also planned it. But if we say those weak spots here, they will be ready in advance. So, I don’t want them to be prepared for anything right now and get any information.”
In the match, Richa has stepped up to lead the cost as India’s finisher, having been dismissed as soon as in 4 video games, whereas scoring 122 runs at a strike fee of 140. She has been thriving in South African circumstances, the place she performed as a member of the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup profitable workforce final month.
“I just look at the ball and try to play, like who is bowling and what is the situation. Like, the situation matters and how the pitch is behaving. But I mainly focus on one ball at a time. I focus more on looking at the ball and playing according to it, because when we think that bowler is a top bowler, then we start to get nervous. But I don’t want that. So, I just look at the ball and play,” she defined on her strategy as a finisher.
Richa additionally elaborated on how her experience in pull shot was honed in her childhood. “Mainly, the pull shot was my favourite since I was a kid. Pull, lofted and all, I like all these shots. In domestic cricket, didn’t have the balls for the pull shot. So, that was banned.”
“But when I played the first international match against Australia, they were targeting us with short balls and were giving out bouncers. So, I worked on that and started working with the coaches in the Indian team and the state coach. So, that’s how it is.”
Richa signed off by saying something round 180 can be good for India in the event that they get to bat first. “As we saw in the pitch, we don’t know how it will behave tomorrow. But the pitch looks good. So, we can target 180 in this pitch if our batsmen click. And we will try to keep them in 140-150 in the bowling. Because their batting line-up is good. So, we will try that.”
