PERTH (Australia): Veda Krishnamurthy said India must focus on the task at hand when they take on Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup here on Monday.
India produced a stunning bowling performance to beat Australia in the tournament opener on Friday, Poonam Yadav the star with four wickets
India’s impressive bowling display lit up the opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 in Sydney, Poonam playing a starring role to halt the defending champions’ run chase and seal an opening Group A win for her side.
But Veda does not want to see India let their emotions get the better of them, insisting the top and middle order need to survive longer to take the heat off their bowling attack in Perth.
“We want to make sure we have enough of a score for our bowlers to defend,” Veda told ICC-cricket.com. “At the same time, we can’t be too ambitious with our strokes or risk being run short, but we need to make sure we get enough runs on board.”
For Bangladesh, the match against India will be their first of the tournament, the Tigers aiming to spring an upset and begin their quest for a maiden Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final on a high.
“We’re not worried about the result between India and Australia,” said Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun. “We’re just focused on our own. We’ve been watching the opening matches of the tournament with keen interest and we are really excited to get going in this one.”
“All our girls put their 100 per cent into the warm-up match against Pakistan and we hope to have a positive start at this World Cup.”
Squads: India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar.
Bangladesh: Salma Khatun (c), Rumana Ahmed, Ayasha Rahman, Fahima Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Jahanara Alam, Khadija Tul Kubra, Sobhana Mostary, Murshida Khatun, Nahida Akter, Nigar Sultana (wk), Panna Ghosh, Ritu Moni, Sanjida Islam, Shamima Sultana.
