Heading into the fixture, their opening pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma was not clicking and they needed a net run-rate boost to remain in the contest. The criticism about not going after Pakistan's small total was immense and to add to that, captain Harmanpreet Kaur had dropped to number four in that fixture after playing at three in the run-up to the marquee event. The opening pair has a reputation for being one of the most explosive duos in the women's game. After the Australian pair of Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy, they have the most runs in partnership for the opening wicket. If Mandhana's backfoot play is one of the best in the world, one cannot set a field when Verma is firing on all cylinders. They have done it before for India and it was high time they showed up as a duo.
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