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NEW DELHI: The Australia women’s team‘s unwavering ruthlessness at the summit has been instrumental in maintaining their dominance over India, a quality the visitors aim to uphold in the upcoming three-match T20I series, according to leg-spinner Georgia Wareham in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.
Australia, boasting an impeccable record of never losing a bilateral ODI series to India, hold a commanding 23-6 advantage in 31 T20Is against their counterparts, including one tied match and another with no result.
Despite facing a setback in the one-off Test, the Aussies staged a remarkable comeback, securing a 3-0 victory in the subsequent three-match ODI series.
“We speak about that a lot in our meetings (about) being ruthless — when we’re on top — we like to keep doing that and not let it slip,” Wareham told the reporters on the eve of the first T20I at the DY Patil Stadium.
“If we get the opportunity to be in that position again, we’re gonna keep on trying to be as ruthless as possible,” she added.
Wareham expressed optimism that Australia could carry the momentum gained from the ODI series into the shortest format of the game.
“India, being such great competition, (it is a) really good practice, but at the same time, we still want to win over these games. Coming off the three wins in the ODIs, we will take a little bit of momentum from that,” she said.
Wareham, echoing sentiments shared by her teammates, including captain Alyssa Healy, highlighted the challenge that India pose. She emphasised the excitement in the way Harmanpreet Kaur‘s team approaches the game.
“T20 cricket is, it is ruthlessly — it’s that word again — but it comes down to the day. Anyone can win any game. It just takes a couple of players to have a really good day out there,” she said.
“Luckily, we’ve been on the right side of that last few games. Every time we’ve come up against India in a World Cup, we’ve been put under a lot of pressure.”
The way they play their game is really exciting. It is a really tough matchup for us given the power that they have, at the top of the order for the bowlers, and the variety that they have,” she said.
Wareham added: “It’s really a good challenge to sort of see where we’re at, I think coming up in the (T20) World Cup in Bangladesh.”
The Victorian bowler noted that India’s vice-captain, Smriti Mandhana, has proven to be a challenging match-up for their bowlers.
“For leg spinners, myself and Kingy (Alana King) it’s the left-handers that have probably given us the most grief, but someone like Mandhana, is a really tough match-up against us,” said Wareham.
Wareham, who previously played for Gujarat Giants in the inaugural Women’s Premier League, recently joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Mandhana during the WPL auction for the second edition.
(With PTI inputs)
Australia, boasting an impeccable record of never losing a bilateral ODI series to India, hold a commanding 23-6 advantage in 31 T20Is against their counterparts, including one tied match and another with no result.
Despite facing a setback in the one-off Test, the Aussies staged a remarkable comeback, securing a 3-0 victory in the subsequent three-match ODI series.
“We speak about that a lot in our meetings (about) being ruthless — when we’re on top — we like to keep doing that and not let it slip,” Wareham told the reporters on the eve of the first T20I at the DY Patil Stadium.
“If we get the opportunity to be in that position again, we’re gonna keep on trying to be as ruthless as possible,” she added.
Wareham expressed optimism that Australia could carry the momentum gained from the ODI series into the shortest format of the game.
“India, being such great competition, (it is a) really good practice, but at the same time, we still want to win over these games. Coming off the three wins in the ODIs, we will take a little bit of momentum from that,” she said.
Wareham, echoing sentiments shared by her teammates, including captain Alyssa Healy, highlighted the challenge that India pose. She emphasised the excitement in the way Harmanpreet Kaur‘s team approaches the game.
“T20 cricket is, it is ruthlessly — it’s that word again — but it comes down to the day. Anyone can win any game. It just takes a couple of players to have a really good day out there,” she said.
“Luckily, we’ve been on the right side of that last few games. Every time we’ve come up against India in a World Cup, we’ve been put under a lot of pressure.”
The way they play their game is really exciting. It is a really tough matchup for us given the power that they have, at the top of the order for the bowlers, and the variety that they have,” she said.
Wareham added: “It’s really a good challenge to sort of see where we’re at, I think coming up in the (T20) World Cup in Bangladesh.”
The Victorian bowler noted that India’s vice-captain, Smriti Mandhana, has proven to be a challenging match-up for their bowlers.
“For leg spinners, myself and Kingy (Alana King) it’s the left-handers that have probably given us the most grief, but someone like Mandhana, is a really tough match-up against us,” said Wareham.
Wareham, who previously played for Gujarat Giants in the inaugural Women’s Premier League, recently joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore led by Mandhana during the WPL auction for the second edition.
(With PTI inputs)
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