IND-W vs ENG-W: This tour goes to be invaluable as T20 World Cup will provide related circumstances, says England captain Heather Knight

The T20I sequence in India positive aspects significance as it can present how the younger visiting gamers excel in circumstances that can be much like what the workforce will expertise in Bangladesh throughout subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup, mentioned England ladies’s skipper Heather Knight.

India and England are set to face off in a three-match T20I sequence, beginning right here on Wednesday.

“I learned a lot about my game playing in Indian conditions. It really tests you as a cricketer, your skill level and how you do with the noise and the heat,” Knight instructed reporters forward of England’s coaching session right here on Tuesday.

“It is a really good place to accelerate development, to see how our young players cope with it. We have got a T20 World Cup in Bangladesh later on in the year (2024) so this tour is going to be valuable in terms of having similar conditions.”

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The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by Bangladesh between September and October in 2024.

A number of members of the England’s T20I squad arrived in India two days earlier than the beginning of the sequence which can be performed on the Wankhede Stadium on December 6, 9 and 10.

Knight mentioned it is going to be difficult for her workforce to silence the Indian crowd as, regardless of its dominant file towards the host, the presence of ‘world-class’ gamers make India a ‘brilliant’ workforce.

“We have had some really good T20 games against them. They have got some world-class players in and in home conditions they are going to be tough (to face),” Knight mentioned.

After profitable the ODI World Cup, beating India within the last, Australia captain Pat Cummins had mentioned that he took enjoyment of silencing the Indian followers.

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Knight mentioned passionate crowds in India could be imposing on the visiting sides and her workforce will look to maintain its focus amid all of the noise.

“Sometimes, you can feel like things are accelerating; rushed actually, when there is crowd and the game is happening quite quickly. We have talked a lot about trying to get our own pace, maintain our concentration in the moment,” the England captain mentioned.

“Trying to silence the crowd will be tougher — watching the men’s World Cup, it is all you see, and the support and the passion that Indian fans have and having experienced that, it is a hard thing to do to silence the crowd and even if there is not many of them they are usually very loud.

“We have to have quick turnaround, adapting to conditions has to be accelerated a bit. How we do that, how we communicate, how we are going to take 10 wickets, how we are going to score runs?”

Knight mentioned the previous expertise of enjoying in India, together with the Women’s Premier League (WPL) earlier this 12 months ought to maintain her facet in good stead.

“We have got some good experience of players playing in India as well which will be valuable. It will be a brilliant series between two best teams,” she mentioned.

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Having performed within the WPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore, whereby Knight shared the dressing room with some Indian gamers like Smriti Mandhana, Shreyanka Patil and Kanika Ahuja, the England captain mentioned knowledge-sharing works two-ways.

“It is brilliant that some of the RCB girls have got the chance to play for India on the back of what they did in the WPL. It works both ways, obviously I know those players better and they also know my game better,” Knight mentioned.

England has seven wins in 9 T20Is towards India in its yard and general 20 wins from 27 matches, however Knight mentioned it doesn’t really feel like they’ve a comforting issue so far as data of circumstances is anxious.

“It feels like a long time actually since we have been to India, before that 2019 series we had a lot of tours here,” she mentioned.

“It is how the Future Tours Programme pans out, and obviously, playing another WPL here in the calendar, there is going to be a lot of cricket here which is brilliant.”