The Indian women’s team will look to put behind the setback of the three-wicket defeat to South Africa, and start afresh looking to improve on their top-order batting besides adding a sixth bowling option as they gear up for the marquee ICC Women’s World Cup clash against defending champions Australia at the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.

In many ways, the defeat to South Africa was an eye-opener for the home side, aiming to lift their maiden ICC World Cup title, as it highlighted a tactical void with the lack of a sixth bowling option. When the Proteas targeted India’s pacers in the final overs, the bowlers wilted under pressure.

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Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur was forced to roll her arm over, but her part-time off-spin offered little threat as Kranti Gaud and Aman

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