Australia skipper Meg Lanning believes her facet is not going to go into the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final towards India with a psychological edge, saying previous outcomes do not matter towards a powerful group. Australia will tackle India for a spot within the World Cup last, after defeating Harmanpreet Kaur’s facet 4-1 within the five-match T20I collection final December and likewise the 2022 Commonwealth Games last in Birmingham, moreover triumphing within the 2020 T20 World Cup last at MCG.

“I don’t think so (Australia will have a psychological advantage),” mentioned Lanning on the eve of the semi-final right here.

“Both teams start at the same level tomorrow when we come out and play. What’s happened in the past doesn’t make a difference. We need to come out and play our best cricket and play the way that we want to.

“And in India, we glance to do the identical. So, as I mentioned, it will be an unimaginable recreation, two world-class groups going at it. And it is about placing out your greatest efficiency on the day,” added Lanning.

The captain also said beating India in the five-match series last December in Mumbai doesn’t make Australia firm favourites, given that the opponents are an “unimaginable facet” and are not relying on just a couple of players to win them games.

“I’m unsure (Australia are favourites), to be trustworthy. We clearly each know one another very effectively. They’re (India) an unimaginable facet. They’ve received some match winners and world-class gamers and it will be a cracking recreation.

“Obviously, we came here to be part of a game like this and we’re expecting to have to play at our best to win. And that’s something that I know this group is up for and we’re certainly very much looking forward to it.” She additionally added that India now have a powerful group which bats deep and is ready to ship in big-ticket occasions.

“I think that they’ve shown that they’re not relying on one or two players. They’ve got some great depth as well. So, for us as a team, we’ve had to prepare for all their players to do well.

“And I believe if you get to that time as a squad, you are going to be in most video games as a result of T20 cricket, some issues work out, some issues do not. And typically it is not going to be your day.

“But as long as someone steps up, then that’s the most important thing. And that’s what they’ve shown to be able to do.

“They’ve actually created that actual robust group of gamers who’ve performed lots of cricket collectively now. And they’re in a position to ship. So, we all know they’re robust. And that kind of simply makes the problem even better and one thing we stay up for.” Lanning expressed confidence in her side, with all 15 members in the squad fully fit and available for selection against India.

“We’ve received a full squad. Alissa Healy is match and out there, which is nice for us. She’s had an ideal event thus far and, goes to play an essential function. So that is good, however it does make it fairly tough to get it all the way down to 11.” She added that Australia will have to guard against India’s spin bowling, which, while being strong, has a lot of variety as well.

“They (India) clearly bowl lots of spin with the ball. And they have some good selection inside their assault as effectively. So that simply kind of retains you in your recreation as a batter, ensuring you are adapting actually shortly.

“And I just think that they’re overall match winners. You know, they’ve got players who can take the game away from you very quickly in the space of a number of overs. So we’re very aware of that and we’ll look to try and counter that as much as we can.” Lannings mentioned, the plan could be to eliminate top-order batters Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma to place India underneath strain.

“Yeah, that’s absolutely a focus for us. I think any T20 game that you play, if you can get some early wickets, that puts pressure on the opposition. So, we’ll certainly have some plans in place to try and do that.

“Smriti and Verma are clearly key gamers for them who we have spoken about somewhat bit, however can take the sport away from you in a short time.

“So yeah, we have planned and we’ll certainly be trying to take early wickets because we know in T20 cricket that can make a massive difference.”

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