NOTTINGHAM: Indian women's cricket team will take on New Zealand on Thursday in the first semi-final of the women's Twenty20 World Cup. India has shown its strength in the last two league matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. To defeat New Zealand is not an easy task as the letter has won its all matches. India's opening pair of Punam Raut and Anjum Chopra has not been able to give them a rollicking start.
Although Anjum stood as a wall playing some good knocks, Raut struggled in her first match against England, scoring only four runs. But the left-handed teen will take some confidence from her 41-ball 30-run knock in the last outing against Sri Lanka, which set the tone for India's five-wicket win.
The middle order also looks a bit shaky with batters crumbling under pressure while chasing paltry targets. Even in their last match against Sri Lanka, the middle-order fall like a house of cards before Mithali Raj saved India the blushes with a 22-ball 32 which eventually sealed their semifinal berth.
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