Ind vs Eng: Pressure on skipper Harmanpreet Kaur
Barring Mithali Raj's remarkable consistency in ODIs, the Indian batting was a disappointment and it is something that the team would want to correct in the three T20s.
Northampton: India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur would be aiming to overcome her prolonged form slump and provide a much-needed boost to the struggling batting line-up in the opening T20 International against formidable hosts England here on Friday.
England lead the multi-format series 6-4 after a drawn Test and a 2-1 score-line in ODIs.
Barring Mithali Raj’s remarkable consistency in ODIs, the Indian batting was a disappointment and it is something that the team would want to correct in the three T20s.
India’s top two performers in ODIs — Mithali and Jhulan Goswami — will be seeing the action from the sidelines.
Harmanpreet, who has not scored a fifty in the shortest format since November 2018, will have to lead from the front.
Both the openers — Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana — are in good touch but the team is expecting more consistency from them, especially from the vice-captain.
The standout performer of the tour — Sneh Rana — is set to play her first T20 since February 2016.
Richa Ghosh, another 17-year-old in the team alongside Shafali, is also likely to feature in the playing eleven having done well in the home series against South Africa.
England, on the other hand, have brought back opener Danni Wyatt for the T20s following her good run in domestic cricket.
She is set to open alongside Tammy Beaumont in the absence of Lauren Winfield-Hill.
Match starts 11 PM (IST).
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