"Target Of 180 Would Be Good As Australia Bat Deep": Richa Ghosh

India would need to put up at least 180 on board to challenge the depth of Australian batting line-up in the Women's T20 World Cup semi-final, feels star keeper-batter Richa Ghosh. Although India lost the five-match series 1-4 in December, the scoreline did not do justice to how hard the 'Women in Blue' pushed the world's top-ranked team across the five games. And once again Harmanpreet Kaur and Co. are aiming to do the same.

"Australia is comfortable chasing because they bat deep, we do too, but toss is not in anyone's hand. So whatever the situation, we will have to go through with it. We have plans," Ghosh, India's best finisher by a distance, said on the eve of the semi-finals against Southern Stars.

"We don't know how the pitch will behave tomorrow but it looks nice. We can target 180 on this if all our batters click and while bowling we will try to restrict them to 140-150 because they have a good batting line up," Ghosh said.

In Ghosh, India has unearthed a much-needed finisher and the youngster hasn't disappointed. Talking about her game, she said: "There are ups and downs always, even I had them but have learnt a lot from there,how you can handle a situation. When I go to bat, my handling of pressure has improved." Australia has been India's bogey team in recent years but Ghosh is confident that Meg Lanning's team is a beatable one. Australia have been a dominant force in the format since winning the last edition in 2020 at home.

In the last 22 months, Australia have lost just one T20I and that defeat came against India away from home via a Super Over. The five-time champions are unbeaten in tournament so far, having won all their group stage matches.

"Australia are beatable, in the our last series we beat them