ODI World Cup |Women in Blue eager to return to profitable methods

It’s nearly humorous how two groups with such related issues discover their campaigns in such completely different locations. That’s what’s on the plate with the much-awaited Women’s World Cup conflict between India and England on the Holkar Stadium right here on Sunday.

The Women in Blue are battling turbulence after shedding two large video games — in opposition to South Africa and Australia — and can hope a greater batting effort propels it to profitable methods to keep away from counting on sophisticated arithmetic and their opponents to wriggle their manner into the knockouts.

India has but to defeat a SENA nation at international occasions since 2020. Facing an unbeaten but imperfect England may very well be likelihood to rewrite that run, however it would want the sum of its elements and extra. The fickle climate additional provides to the drama.

Despite being a win away from reserving a spot within the knockouts, England’s batting unit — moreover skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt and Heather Knight — finds itself in dire straits. That stated, head coach Charlotte Edwards didn’t appear eager on tinkering with the XI.

Impressive swing bowling from Pakistan left the aspect reeling at 78for seven earlier than a cloudburst saved England’s blushes. It was not a one-off, as Bangladesh and Marufa Akter will attest.

India can draw confidence from that. Renuka Singh, who has featured in only one fixture thus far, is a potent new-ball possibility, however whether or not India will swap out a bowler or transfer on from its five-bowler technique stays to be seen.

England’s bowlers, in the meantime, have barely put a foot fallacious.

With left-arm spinners ruling the roost, England will financial institution on Sophie Ecclestone and Linsey Smith to copy what Inoka Ranaweera, Sadia Iqbal, Nonkululeko Mlaba and Sophie Molineux did in opposition to the host: make early inroads and unsettle a group that finds itself on the quick lane to panic station.