The ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 Qualifier is set to commence on Thursday at two Abu Dhabi venues: the Zayed Cricket Stadium and the adjacent Tolerance Oval
Sushila Sharma, the mother of Deepti also anticipated that the Indian side would rectify its mistakes from the loss against England in the Group B clash to boost their chances of winning the T20 World Cup.
India succumbed to their sixth straight loss against the English side at the T20 World Cups despite Smriti Mandhana (52) and Richa Ghosh (47*) performing with the bat. Sarah Glenn was the pick of the bowlers scalping two wickets.
England were off to a poor start with Renuka dismissing Danielle Wyatt in the first over. Richa Ghosh completed a superb catch behind the wickets after Wyatt's outside edge flew to the right of the keeper, getting rid of the opener for a duck.
India made one change by bringing in experienced pacer Shikha Pandey in place of Devika Vaidya while the English team is unchanged from their last game against Ireland
With this victory, Windies has finally opened its account and is in fourth place in Group 2 points table with one win in three matches and two points. Ireland is at the bottom of the table, having lost all its three matches. The side is yet to earn a point.
The trio of Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn and Charlie Dean were all on song, combining for eight wickets between them as Ireland suffered a batting collapse and stumbled from 80 for two to 105 all out.
Gaby Lewis of Ireland, Natthakan Chantham of Thailand, and Pakistan veteran Sidra Ameen of Pakistan are all in contention for their maiden triumph, after putting on some eye-catching performances in November.
Ireland defeated Pakistan by 34 runs in the decisive match of the three-match T20I series, which was tied at 1-1; thanks to Gaby Lewis, Amy Hunter, and Arlene Kelly.
Leah Paul and captain Laura Delany, returned maiden ODI centuries in the second fixture of the series, becoming the first pair to score hundreds in the same innings for Ireland Women. In that team-record-tumbling match, Ireland set their highest women's team total in ODIs of 337 for eight.