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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, March 3:\u00a0\u00a0Former Australia pacer Brett Lee feels Harmanpreet Kaur-led Team India will enter the semifinals with a lot of confidence as they have match-winners like Shafali Verma and Poona",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, March 3:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Australia pacer Brett Lee feels Harmanpreet Kaur-led Team India will enter the semifinals with a lot of confidence as they have match-winners like Shafali Verma and Poonam Yadav and it will require &quot;an excellent team&quot; to stop them from making it to the finals of the ongoing Women&#39;s T20 World Cup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian eves have been on a roll in the ongoing tournament. After defeating defending champions Australia in the opening game, they haven&#39;t looked back and registered comprehensive wins against Bangladesh, New Zealand and Sri Lanka to finish the group stage at the top.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We saw from the opener against Australia just how good India can be, and it&#39;s no surprise they&#39;ve continued that form to top Group A,&quot; said Lee in an ICC column.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;They&#39;ve never reached the final, but this is a different India team from the one they&#39;ve seen before. They&#39;ve combined match-winners in Shafali Verma and Poonam Yadav with consistent players with both bat and ball,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>16-year-old Shafali has so far scored 161 runs in the four innings at a strike rate of 161. She has hit 18 fours and 9 sixes and has played crucial role in India&#39;s progress to the last-four stage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In the bowling department, leg-spinner Poonam has been on a roll and the tormentor-in-chief for the opposition teams. She is tournament&#39;s leading wicket-taker so far and has made nine scalps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We&#39;ve always known they have some of the best players in the world, but now Harmanpreet Kaur has a team around her that can support the big players, and fill in the gaps when they have an off day<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;They&#39;ll go into the semi-finals full of confidence and it will take an excellent team to stop them from reaching the final,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to the former Australian speedster, the addition of Shafali has brought a fearless energy to the Indian batting line-up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Shafali Verma has been excellent at the top of the order, she&#39;s brought a fearless energy to India&#39;s batting and been brilliant to watch,&quot; said Lee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;You feel she can go even bigger as well -- she hasn&#39;t reached 50 yet, which is both exciting for those watching and worrying for the bowlers!&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India will take on either South Africa or England in the first semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n",
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