India vs Bangladesh, Women’s T20 Asia Cup, T20 Asia Cup semifinal, India women cricket, Bangladesh women cricket, Nigar Sultana, India vs Bangladesh semifinalBangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and elected to bowl against seven-time champions India in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup semi-final on Thursday.Both teams have retained their playing XIs for the knockout clash. The winner will face the victor of the second semi-final between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the summit clash.Playing XIIndia: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harmanpreet Kaur , Deepti Sharma, Bharti Fulmali, Richa Ghosh , Prema Rawat, Shree Charani, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma.Bangladesh: Dilara Akter, Juairiya Ferdous, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana , Sharmin Akhter, Shorna Akter, Fahima Khatun, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Marufa Akter.India opener Shafali Verma on Wednesday backed the team’s middle-order to come good in the women’s Asian Cup semifinal against Bangladesh, saying a few low-scoring games should not be a concern ahead of the crucial clash.India will take on Bangladesh in the semifinal on Thursday.
India’s middle order has struggled for runs in the last three matches, but Shafali insisted there was no reason to panic.”Well, I would say there is a bit of bad days. But they all are very good players. They all are very good batters. And just talking about Bharti and Richa , they all are very good finishers and even doing the great thing in middle order as well. So, I am pretty sure they will do well for our team,” she said.India have had four days to prepare for the semifinal, with Shafali saying the break helped the players recover and train well.”We had good preparation.
We got four days of break and on those days we recovered well and we did practice as well. So, we all are ready for the semis,” Shafali said.Shafali has enjoyed some memorable outings against Bangladesh in recent times and will face them again in the semifinal.Asked if those performances would give her added confidence, the opener said she would take the confidence from those innings but would approach the match afresh.”Yeah, like as a batter, whenever I go to bat, it just starts from zero.
But what came from that innings is just confidence. So, I will take that confidence and just start from zero again,” she said.On the possibility of changes to India’s playing XI, Shafali said the decision rested with captain Harmanpreet Kaur.”Like, I am not a captain. So, captain will decide this. So, I just try to play my best,” she said.The Dubai conditions have offered some assistance to spinners, but Shafali feels the players are familiar with the conditions.”Yeah, of course, this condition is similar like India.
So, we all know the condition. There is a bit of turn in the wicket. So, we all are prepared about that and even I also know about the condition. So, I just go out there and just take time and just go out there and enjoy it,” she said.
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