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All the knockout spots are sealed, and for co-host India, adjacent the semifinal hostile remains unchanged careless of Sunday’s Women’s ODI World Cup result. Yet, erstwhile India faces Bangladesh successful the last league crippled astatine the DY Patil Stadium, some teams volition person plentifulness to play for beyond what’s being termed a ‘dead rubber’.
For India, the absorption volition beryllium connected maintaining bushed and managing workloads earlier the semifinals. Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh’s fittingness remains a interest aft she injured her near manus during the important triumph against New Zealand earlier this week. Richa, who was substituted midway done that match, skipped Saturday’s optional grooming session, wherever lone 5 Indian players participated. Given her value to squad balance, India whitethorn take to remainder her connected Sunday.
Weather could besides play spoilsport, with persistent rainfall predicted passim the time successful the Navi Mumbai region. On an overcast Saturday afternoon, Arundhati Reddy, Uma Chetry, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur and Harleen Deol trained astatine the side-nets of the stadium portion Pratika Rawal walked down from the squad edifice successful the stadium premises for a chat with caput manager Amol Muzumdar.
If conditions permit, India’s think-tank mightiness usage the fixture to trial their seat spot and fine-tune combinations up of the knockout stage.
For Bangladesh, this lucifer carries greater consequence. A triumph would not lone assistance them debar the woody spoon successful the eight-team array but could adjacent assistance them to sixth place. That ascent would bring a important fiscal boost — Rs. 3.4 crore successful prize wealth compared to the Rs. 2.8 crore reserved for the bottommost 2 teams.
While the semifinal lineup is already locked, the India-Bangladesh contention inactive holds meaning — for form, fitness, and pridefulness — ensuring the DY Patil assemblage won’t beryllium watching a specified formality.
