IND-W vs AUS-W second ODI | India must set the document straight

The Women in Blue landed in India’s first deliberate metropolis final week in excessive spirits. They had made historical past in England of their final sequence, but when they’d some plans for taming the mighty Australia within the refreshingly inexperienced Chandigarh, they didn’t fairly work within the first ODI.

Even a aggressive whole of 281 for seven proved like a stroll within 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 ladies needs to be determined to set the document proper within the second of the three-match sequence on the new PCA Stadium right here on Wednesday. To try this, they should play so much higher.

In the primary sport, they’d threatened to go previous 300 for the primary time towards Australia, with the highest three making fifties. India wanted at the least one in all them to stay lengthy sufficient on the wicket to assist the aspect submit an enormous whole. Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal and Harleen Deol needs to be regretting the way in which they acquired 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 within the World Cup towards Sri Lanka only a fortnight away, all its batters can be hoping to play some substantial knocks.

India will even must catch higher towards 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 had been Mooney or Sutherland, who each made unbeaten half-centuries.

India’s resolution to play with 4 frontline spinners and only one seamer didn’t work. It can be attention-grabbing to see if Renuka Singh, the swing bowler who’s coming back from harm, will probably be making an look. Her final sport 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.