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And it will be a very crucial game for both the teams. We just want to go and enjoy our cricket.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India cruised past Pakistan, West Indies and Ireland in the group stages but fell to England by 11-runs to finish second in group two, setting up their meeting with top-of-group-one and undefeated Australia.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams met in December in a five-match T20 series in Mumbai where Australia came through as 4-1 victors but the Indians pushed the side from Down Under close in every one of the four defeats.</span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1574533\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TL_1991354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1011\" /> Ashleigh Gardner of Australia during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Australia at St George's Park on 18 February 2023 in Gqeberha. 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They’ve beaten New Zealand by 97 runs, Bangladesh by eight wickets, Sri Lanka by 10 and South Africa by six.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia also beat India twice at last year’s Commonwealth Games, once in the group stage and then scraping past them in the final to clinch the gold medal by nine runs.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I think if we do all the right things sort of at training, hopefully we can come into that game feeling really confident,” added Mooney.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“But as we know, everyone’s starting from scratch, and no one’s got any points leading into that first semi, so we know we’ve got to be on our game from ball one.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The highly anticipated clash starts at 3pm on Thursday afternoon at Newlands in Cape Town. </span><b>DM</b>",
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