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The Women successful Blue volition beryllium hoping to find their mojo erstwhile they look New Zealand successful what would efficaciously beryllium a virtual quarterfinal of the Women’s ODI World Cup.
Despite the festive fervour and forecasts of unseasonal rain, the tickets person been sold retired for Thursday’s (October 23, 2025) fixture astatine the DY Patil Stadium.
India, which suffered 3 successive losses, would beryllium hoping to inch person to sealing a semifinal berth.
India is yet to play an ODI astatine the crushed and has won conscionable 3 of its 8 T20Is here. The Indian players, however, tin instrumentality assurance from their Women’s Premier League acquisition astatine the venue. The squad understands that the red-soil aboveground would connection runs, and thus, the onus volition beryllium connected the batters to present the goods.
Despite being a tourney favourite and the host, things person been acold from cleanable for the Women successful Blue arsenic they person struggled to triumph cardinal moments.
India fell agonisingly abbreviated successful the tally pursuit against England arsenic elder batter Smriti Mandhana and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur failed to get the squad crossed the line.
The skipper has scored 141 runs successful 5 games, whereas Smriti scored half-centuries successful the past 2 games aft a drawstring of debased scores.
On conditions acquainted to her, Jemimah Rodrigues is apt to instrumentality to the side. None of India’s apical batters person been capable to decorativeness games, leaving the squad heavy reliant connected Richa Ghosh, and that’s a large concern.
Coming connected the backmost of a rain-marred run successful Colombo, New Zealand would beryllium banking connected Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates to travel bully successful this important fixture.
As skipper Devine suggested India would commencement arsenic a favourite, but then, it needs to stay calm and arsenic the taxable of the tourney suggests, amusement the ‘will to win’.
