England captain Heather Knight feels tackling spinners, particularly the in-form Poonam Yadav, will be crucial to her side's chances of upstaging an unbeaten India in the semifinal clash of the women's T20 World Cup here on Thursday. Yadav bamboozled hosts Australia in the opening match of this tournament and her wicket-taking exploits haven't stopped there. She is leading the charts with nine scalps in four matches. But the leg-spinner couldn't cast her spell the last time India met England in the tournament, conceding 29 from her four overs as Knight's side romped to an eight-wicket victory to reach the final two years ago.

"We've practised for her a lot, I thought we played her outstandingly in the last T20 World Cup and that was due to the preparation we had," Knight said on the eve of the match. "We don't have (assistant coach) Ali Maiden anymore, who bowled brilliant leg-spin, but we've got a few coaches who have bowled it brilliantly and we've been really clear on how we're going to do things against her," she added.