Women's T20I: India look to play aggressive cricket against Australia

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur

Bolstered by Jemimah Rodrigues's return to form, India will look to come out all guns blazing in the second women's T20 International against Australia today after rain played spoilsport in the opening game here.

Criticised for her consistent failures and after losing her place in the 50-over set-up, Jemimah made a sensational comeback with an unbeaten 49 off 36 balls in the first T20I.

She continued her impressive showing from The Hundred to anchor the Indian innings and her return has added more firepower to the batting line-up which includes the elegant Smriti Mandhana and the young and dashing Shafali Verma at the top-order.

Mandhana and Shafali have been in good form during this tour, having played pivotal roles in the drawn Test and also gave India a rollicking start in the first T20 on Thursday.

Harmanpreet Kaur also joined the team in the first game after missing the ODI leg and the D/N Test owing to a thumb injury. Her presence makes India a formidable batting unit, which can tear into any opposition.

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