As India gears up for the Women’s T20 World Cup, spinner Poonam Yadav shared her insights concerning the staff’s potential mixture and mentioned that Deepti Sharma will play a key function within the bowling assault. Deepti made her debut in T20I in 2016 and has appeared in 117 matches and 75 innings as batter and scored 1020 runs at a strike charge of 104.29. The 27-year-old additionally picked up 131 wickets in 20-over matches and 114 innings. Speaking solely on Star Sports’ “Follow the Blues”, Poonam mentioned that if dew performs an element within the match, then India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur would possibly go for one or two spinners.
She added that each Deepti and Asha Shobana might be included in India’s taking part in eleven.
“If the dew issue turns into vital, Captain Harmanpreet Kaur might go for a staff mixture that features one or two spinners. While she has proven confidence within the pacers, given the pitch’s bounce, she may additionally think about using Asha Shobana, a wrist-spinner. Wrist spinners can flip the ball on any sort of observe, and their tempo is mostly slower. Deepti Sharma will undoubtedly play a key function in main India’s bowling assault. It’s potential that each Deepti Sharma and Asha Shobana might be included within the taking part in eleven. However, given Harmanpreet Kaur’s choice for pacers, it is probably she’s going to primarily depend on them,” Poonam mentioned, based on a launch.
Poonam Yadav isn’t a part of India’s squad for the T20 World Cup.
In the final version of the T20 World Cup in 2022, India once more got here shut to creating historical past, storming into the semi-finals. However, Australia proved to be a stumbling block as soon as once more.
In the lead-up to the T20 World Cup, India has had blended outcomes. They misplaced the T20I sequence in opposition to Australia and England earlier this yr, however Harmanpreet’s facet bounced again with two consecutive sequence wins in opposition to Bangladesh.
In July, India’s T20I sequence in opposition to South Africa led to a draw. In the Asia Cup 2024, India misplaced the ultimate to Sri Lanka, who remained unbeaten all through the match.
India will start their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to New Zealand on October 4 at Dubai International Stadium. Before the match, India will play warm-up matches in opposition to the West Indies and South Africa.
Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
Travelling reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor.
Non-Travelling Reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra.
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