Womens World Cup | Women In Blue dare to dream in pursuit of historical past

The Women in Blue have a superb alternative to do what the Men in Blue couldn’t do two years in the past: win a World Cup at residence. The males had an ideal marketing campaign till they have been undone within the ultimate by Australia and an Ahmedabad slow-turner. The girls too ought to be cautious of the defending champion from Down Under.

It is not only the house benefit that Harmanpreet Kaur’s girls have. They are in kind, too, as they dream of turning into the primary ever girls’s World champions from India.

On their final tour, that they had not merely crushed England, however made historical past, too. And simply this month, they ended a worrying shedding streak towards Australia; they usually then threatened to tug off a miracle, chasing 413 within the ultimate ODI.

Smriti Mandhana spearheaded that chase at New Delhi together with her second successive hundred within the collection, and he or she had scored a fifty within the first sport. If her unimaginable run continues on the World Cup too, the host ought to be some massive totals.

Dream duo

Smriti has struck a superb opening partnership with Pratika Rawal, who has had a terrific begin to her worldwide profession. She has made the Indian top-order stable, although an excessive amount of is manufactured from her strike-rate, which, at 84.95, doesn’t pale a lot compared with others within the batting line-up. Harmanpreet, who reserves her greatest for the grand levels, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol and Richa Ghosh too promise runs.

The Indian assault is bolstered by the return from damage of seamer Renuka Singh and he or she has the younger Kranti Goud for assist. There are loads of choices in spin in Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Sneh Rana and N. Shree Charani.

Deepti’s runs within the center order too may rely. India must also be hoping seaming all-rounder Amanjot Kaur is raring to go.

The squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Capt.), Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, N. Shree Charani and Uma Chetry.

India’s fixtures: Sept. 30: Sri Lanka (Guwahati); Oct. 5: Pakistan (Colombo); Oct. 9: South Africa (Visakhapatnam); Oct. 12: Australia (Visakhapatnam); Oct. 19: England (Indore); Oct. 23: New Zealand (Navi Mumbai); Oct. 26: Bangladesh (Navi Mumbai).