New Delhi: Former India batter Reema Malhotra asserted that the Women in Blue have enough firepower in their line-up to topple defending champions Australia in the Women’s World Cup semifinal scheduled for Thursday.

India, who lost to Australia in the group stage match in Visakhapatnam, have to fire all their cylinders in the knockout clash to overcome the Aussie challenge in front of a packed crowd at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

India will be without their in-form opener Pratika Rawal, who has been ruled out of the tournament. In her place, swashbuckling batter Shefali Verma has been drafted into the squad and will be available to partner Smriti Mandhana at the top for Thursday’s semifinal.

On the other hand, Australia are sweating on the fitness of their captain Alyssa Healy, who

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