ICC Women's World Cup 2022: We Are Constantly Aware Of The Power In Indian Lineup - Ellyse Perry

Ahead of their clash against India in the group stage of the ICC Women’s World Cup, Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry stated that the team is wary of the threat posed by the Indian batting lineup.

She particularly took the names of two batters – Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, both of whom have already scored a century in this edition. They were also mighty impressive in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).

“We are constantly aware of the power in the Indian batting lineup, you know, Smriti (Mandhana) and Harmanpreet (Kaur) – two of the most dangerous batters certainly, both played Big Bash over the summer in Australia and were very, very good there. I think they both scored hundreds in that tournament, if not got very close. I know Smriti did.”

“I can’t remember if Harman did – but yeah, so I think for us like, we’ve played a lot against one another lately. So it gives us a really great chance to prepare. But yeah, it’s a very strong batting lineup – the Indian lineup. Yeah, and I’ve only mentioned two names there. So yeah, it’s going to be a great challenge for us. I think it’s come really at the right time and I think both teams are in a really good spot. So it should be a great clash,” Perry said.

“We obviously have played a lot of India recently” – Ellyse Perry

Recently, India toured Australia where they put an end to the Aussie’s world record 26-match ODI win streak. The 3-game ODI series was one of the closest-ever and if anybody can stop the Aussie juggernaut, that has won four out of four games so far, it is Mithali Raj and co.

“We obviously have played a lot of India recently and know kind of what we’re going to come up against with them. So yeah, there’ll be a few other things once we get there that we’ll talk about, but in general, I think we’re sort of going okay with that, and conditions won’t play too much of a role,” Perry added.

Going into the game on Saturday, India will be on the back foot as they were humbled by England on Wednesday.

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