Under mounting pressure to revive their campaign after back-to-back defeats, India are likely to consider a tactical reshuffle by including a sixth bowling option when they face England in a crucial ICC Women’s ODI World Cup match at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday.

India’s campaign, which began with promise, has stuttered following successive three-wicket losses to South Africa and Australia in Visakhapatnam — results that have exposed the limitations of their preferred five-bowler combination.

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The strategy of fielding five batters, a wicketkeeper, and five bowlers — three of whom double up as all-rounders — has been India’s go-to template through most of this World Cup cycle.

However, its flaws have now been brutally laid bare against top-tier opposition, forcing

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