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ICC Womens WC T20, 2009


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Please show the girls as much support as you have the India boyz!!!:two_thumbs_up: Many see power-hitting as the key to Twenty20 success but Indian batsman Anjum Chopra has said that technically sound batsmen will do well in the game's shortest format. Citing the example of this season's IPL finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore, who were derided as a Test team last year, Chopra said: "In the women's T20 cricket also the technically sound cricketers will be successful. I understand that women cricketers may not play powerful shots like Yusuf Pathan, but technically sound cricketers will certainly have plenty of opportunities in the format." She welcomed the ICC's move to host the men's and women's World Twenty20s simultaneously. "This is going to be a fine opportunity for women's cricket as the World Championship is being held side by side with the men's tournament," she said. "The women's event will also get enough limelight during the event which will play as a launching pad for women's cricket." Chopra, who returned to the national side last October after a 20-month absence, will be one of India's key batsmen in the tournament. India kick off their World Twenty20 campaign on June 11, when they take on England in Taunton.

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India are famously mercurial - heading into the World Cup in shocking form but pulling off surprise wins against Australia to end third - but will be keen to follow their men in taking the first World Twenty20 trophy. The women know how much victory means to their country, the feting of the men in 2007 being but one example, and will be fierce challengers for the limelight if they play to their potential.

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