Top India batters Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana are struggling in the tournament because the UAE pitches are not suiting them, feels Sanjay Manjrekar. Both batters struggled to play their natural attacking styles in the first 2 games.

In the run chase against Pakistan, Indian openers Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma failed to hit a single boundary.

Shafali Verma, the significant other of the blockbuster Indian opening pair, says her no-holds-barred approach goes well with Smriti Mandhana's elegance and both can "sense each others feelings just by our facial expressions" while batting.