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Women's Cricket World Cup 2022: India begin elusive trophy search with campaign opener against Pakistan

Press Trust of India • March 5, 2022, 14:37:02 IST
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Runners up in the 2017 and 2005 editions, India are eager to go one step ahead and claim the title.

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Women's Cricket World Cup 2022: India begin elusive trophy search with campaign opener against Pakistan

Mount Maunganui: The Indian women’s cricket team would hope that its bowlers find top form to complement a solid batting unit’s efforts when it begins its quest for an elusive ICC World Cup trophy with the opening match against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday. Runners up in the 2017 and 2005 editions, India are eager to go one step ahead and claim the title that has eluded them, especially skipper Mithali Raj and veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami, who will be playing their last World Cup. [caption id=“attachment_10431861” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] ![India have been runners-up in 2005 and 2017 editions. Image: Twitter/@M_Raj03](https://images.firstpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Indian-womens-cricket-team-640-1.jpg) India have been runners-up in 2005 and 2017 editions. Image: Twitter/@M_Raj03[/caption] The Indian team reached New Zealand a month earlier in order to acclimatise to the conditions. However, the bowlers struggled compared to the batting unit, which managed to score in excess of 250 runs five times in the seven 50 over outings, including two warm-up matches. The bowling unit let the team down throughout the series against New Zealand, which India lost 1-4. It failed to defend 270 plus targets in two games while conceding a mammoth 191 in 20 overs in a rain-curtailed match of the ODI series. They did put up a much-improved performance in the fifth ODI and the two warm-up games and Raj will hope that both the batting and bowling units can fire in unison. “From the past series or the warm-up games, all we can take is confidence, and how you negotiate the conditions in the middle, how you play according to the situation is just very important,” Raj in the pre-match press conference. The pace department will be led by the ever-reliable Goswami, who has continued to pick wickets for India regularly while the likes of Meghna Singh, Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Singh would need to do more to complement the veteran quick. Spinner Deepti Sharma was the leading wicket-taker in the bilateral series while Rajeshwari Gayakwad looked good in the warm-up games but consistency will be the key. However, it remains to be seen if Raj hands the ball to Harmanpreet Kaur. The team would have breathed a sigh of relief after Kaur, a vital cog in the side and regarded as a big-match player, found herself among runs after a prolonged rough patch. The pressure will be on opener Shafali Verma, who has seemed off colour, to provide a solid start alongside Smriti Mandhana, a batter in fine touch. Raj, who continues to anchor the Indian innings, has hinted that Deepti, who has been in good nick with the bat and ball, will be batting at the top at either number 3 or 4 while Kaur is expected to bat at five. Young Rich Ghosh, who scored back-to-back half-centuries against New Zealand, is expected to start ahead of Taniya Bhatia. Pakistan, on the other hand, are the lowest-ranked team in the tournament. They qualified for the World Cup owing to their ranking after the qualifiers were cancelled midway last year due to COVID-19. Having ended three times at the bottom, Pakistan’s best-ever finish at the World Cup had come in 2009 when they reached the Super 6 stage. They will be hoping they can make the knockouts in this edition. Bismah Maroof and Co are also coming off back-to-back wins in the warm-up matches. They beat New Zealand before getting the better of Bangladesh. While they won the two games, it was the lower order and the bowlers that saved them. Pakistan would thus hope its top order can fire. “The things we have not gone well in the last year we have spoken about it…whoever takes the pressure well that team will win; so we are hoping for a good match tomorrow,” Pakistan Bismah Maroof said on Saturday. In the bowling department, Pakistan have relied mostly on spinner Nashra Sandhu to get them wickets. They would need the pacers to also join the party. Squads: India: Mithali Raj (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Yastika Bhatia, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Rich Ghosh (wk), Taniya Bhatia (wk), Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, Jhulan Goswami, Renuka Singh. Pakistan: Aliya Riaz, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nahida Khan, Bismah Maroof (c), Sidra Ameen, Nida Dar, Anam Amin, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Nashra Sandhu. Match starts 6:30 am IST. Click here for our full coverage of the 2022 Women's World Cup Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News ,  India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.

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