{"id":349795,"date":"2026-06-12T18:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=349795"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:16:18","slug":"aakash-chopra-comments-on-whether-india-can-win-womens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/aakash-chopra-comments-on-whether-india-can-win-womens-t20-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Aakash Chopra comments on whether India can win Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Veteran cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has shared that Team India\u2019s possibilities of winning the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 could depend on how they play within the Powerplay overs. He also shared that Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma could control the sport with the bat, noting that Mandhana has a wonderful record in England. The Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 will probably be played in England from Friday, June 12, onwards, with India starting their tournament against Pakistan on Sunday, June 14.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared on his YouTube channel, \u2018Aakash Chopra,\u2019 he said, \u201cThe Indian girls have won the 50-over World Cup. Can they win the 20-over World Cup? That\u2019s the large query. It\u2019s a very good team. Where do you win T20 games? One is in the event you control the Powerplay with the bat and with the ball. With the bat, Shafali Varma\u2019s consistent avatar may be very, excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmriti Mandhana will probably be there together with her. Smriti Mandhana in England is one other beast altogether. She has scored quite a lot of runs there. So, Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma, as your Powerplay players, can actually control the sport. One in all them should bat deep into the innings, which they&#8217;ll,\u201d he further added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen followed by Yastika Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Richa Ghosh. The last five overs\u2019 responsibility will probably be on Richa Ghosh and Harmanpreet Kaur. You&#8217;ll expect Deepti Sharma to proceed playing as attackingly as she has began doing within the WPL. It looks like we are literally quite set in batting. We&#8217;re pretty much as good as every other World Cup team in batting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In the identical video, Aakash Chopra also stated that the main focus will probably be on Renuka Singh Thakur, especially considering the seamer-friendly English conditions, together with Arundhati Reddy, and Kranti Gaud as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn bowling, again, the Powerplay overs, whether it\u2019s Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, or Kranti Gaud, the main focus will probably be on them. Even when Nandani Sharma plays, she is going to have an even bigger role within the death overs. Because it\u2019s England and it might swing, Renuka Singh Thakur\u2019s value increases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeath overs, that will probably be the large challenge, because we get our spinners to bowl the death overs over and over. How we bowl within the death overs might actually define. We would end the Powerplay on equal terms, but can we grab them with spin in the center overs, and whether we are able to bowl well within the death overs, I feel that will probably be the defining part,\u201d Chopra concluded.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Get the newest\u00a0cricket news\u00a0here, like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/cricfitupdate?wtsid=rdr_0r9TyTtGMzhJUSzAh\">Facebook<\/a>, and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricFit\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/cricfit?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a>for more such updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team India Veteran cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has shared that Team India\u2019s possibilities of winning the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 could depend on how they play within the Powerplay overs. He also shared that Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma could control the sport with the bat, noting that Mandhana has a wonderful record in England. 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