Overview
- Pratika Rawal has 186 runs in five matches at a World Cup strike rate of 70.99, second‑lowest among the tournament’s top 10 run‑scorers.
- Harleen Deol’s strike rate stands at 75.11, keeping scrutiny on India’s top‑order tempo in the powerplay.
- India must beat New Zealand in Navi Mumbai on October 23 to reach the semifinals.
- Muzumdar said the team has addressed the lack of a hundred in this edition and discussed converting starts into three‑figure scores.
- Explaining selection, he called Jemimah Rodrigues’s omission in Indore a tough call to add a sixth bowler, signaled the balance may change for this match, and praised Harmanpreet Kaur’s leadership under home‑tournament pressure.