ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia’s pacer Megan Schutt said she hates playing against India

Sydney, March 6 (HS): Australia women’s team pace bowler Megan Schutt says she hates playing against India. Ahead of the T20 world cup final on Monday, Schutt said she doesn’t want to bowl against the destructive opening pair of Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana in the first power play overs.

Schutt played a crucial role in a 5 run victory over South Africa, taking 2/17, with a big wicket of South Africa’s captain Dane van Niekerk.

Schutt was outplayed by Shefali Verma in the tournament opener, conceded 16 runs in her very first over of the tournament. Shefali smashed 4 boundaries in that over, with three of them was in a row.

Schutt bore the brunt of Verma and Mandhana’s destructive cricket in the very first over during last month’s tri-series, dispatched for a four by Shefali on the very first ball and hit for a six by Mandhana.

She said, “I just hate playing India – they’ve got the wood over me, Smriti and Shafali have got me covered. That six Shafali hit me for in the tri-series was probably the biggest one I’ve ever been hit for.”

“There are obviously some plans we’re going to revisit as bowlers. (But) clearly, I’m not the best match-up to those two in the Powerplay. They find me quite easy to play,” added Schutt.

Playing against India in the final, she said that we our in the final that we have been talking for so long.

“We’re at that final we’ve been talking about for so long and against India, which is super fitting considering the tri-series we had. It couldn’t really be a bigger challenge for us,” She said.

“It’s not really a bad thing, it’s good we’re going up against a team we’ve played a lot recently and it’s the same for them as well.” she added.

Australia will face India in the final of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 on March 8, Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.