{"id":289942,"date":"2023-02-22T13:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/22\/womens-t20-world-cup-australia-are-a-strong-team-but-we-can-beat-them-says-indias-richa-ghosh-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:24:53","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-australia-are-a-strong-team-but-we-can-beat-them-says-indias-richa-ghosh-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/02\/22\/womens-t20-world-cup-australia-are-a-strong-team-but-we-can-beat-them-says-indias-richa-ghosh-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’S T20 World Cup: Australia are a strong team but we can beat them, says India’s Richa Ghosh | Cricket News – Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NEW DELHI: India’s star keeper-batter Richa Ghosh said on Wednesday that the five-time champions Australia are ‘beatable’. India will lock horns with the Southern Stars in the semi-final<\/a> of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday.
Australia has been India’s bogey team in recent years but Ghosh is confident that Meg Lanning‘s team is a beatable one.
“Australia are beatable, in our last series we beat them and we have also done it before. They are a strong team but we can beat them,” Ghosh said on the eve of their all-important semi-final at Newlands, Cape Town<\/a>.
“We are trying to improve our mindset. Everyone has the game but the team that is mentally strong will win. We have been working on that,” Ghosh added.
Australia have been a dominant force in the format since winning the last edition in 2020 at home. In the last 22 months, Australia have lost just one T20I and that defeat came against India away from home via a Super Over. The five-time champions are unbeaten in the tournament so far, having won all their group stage matches.
Ghosh feels beating Australia will be a “huge confidence booster” heading into the big final.<\/p>\n
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Although India lost the five-match series 1-4 against Australia in December, the scoreline did not do justice to how hard the ‘Women in Blue’ pushed the world’s top-ranked team across the five games. And once again Harmanpreet Kaur and Co.<\/a> are aiming to do the same.
Having played in the December series, the U-19 World Cup-winning teenager said that India plan to exploit Australia’s weaknesses.
“We know the weak spot of Australia and we are planning against it but I will not say what that (weakness) is because then they will come prepared,” Ghosh said.
The hard-hitting Ghosh said India will play an attacking game similar to Australia.<\/p>\n

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Smriti Mandhana guides India into T20 World Cup semi-finals<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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<p>Smriti Mandhana hit a career-best 87 as India beat Ireland in a rain-affected match to book a semi-final meeting with Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Replying to India’s imposing 155\/6, Ireland were 54\/2 when rain ended play, handing India a rain-adjusted five-run win.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Mandhana was dropped four times in the outfield during a 56-ball innings which included nine fours and three sixes. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Shafali Verma made 24 and helped Mandhana put on 62 for the first wicket but both batters struggled to time the ball.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Mandhana hit with authority after reaching her second successive half-century off 40 balls.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>India captain Harmanpreet Kaur (13), playing in her 150th T20I, became the fourth player to reach 3000 runs in the format. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>Ireland made a disastrous start when Amy Hunter was run out off the first ball of the innings, attempting a second run after hitting the ball to mid-wicket. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>With rain threatening, Gaby Lewis (32*) and Delany (17*) raised the possibility of an upset win if they went past the adjusted par total. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>But when the rain became heavier, play was halted and eventually called off. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<p>India finished the group stage with three wins from four matches and will face Australia in the semi-finals in Cape Town on Thursday. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“They attack a lot. So, whatever happens to them, even if the batter is out, they don’t leave the attacking. Because they have batters from top to bottom. We also have batter from top to bottom. So, we will play an attacking game,” Ghosh said.
The star India batter Ghosh added that India would need to put up at least 180 on board to challenge the depth of the Australian batting line-up.
“Australia is comfortable chasing because they bat deep, we do too, but the toss is not in anyone’s hand. So whatever the situation, we will have to go through with it. We have plans,” Ghosh, India’s best finisher by a distance, said.
“We don’t know how the pitch will behave tomorrow but it looks nice. We can target 180 on this if all our batters click and while bowling we will try to restrict them to 140-150 because they have a good batting line up,” Ghosh said.
In Ghosh, India has unearthed a much-needed finisher and the youngster hasn’t disappointed. Talking about her game, she said: “There are ups and downs always, even though I had them but have learnt a lot from there, how you can handle a situation. When I go to bat, my handling of pressure has improved.”
“I only see the ball and try to play according to it, I dont see who is bowling because if we start thinking that a top bowler is bowling then the nervousness creeps in,” she said.
(With inputs from PTI)<\/span><\/div>\n