New Delhi: The Indian Women’s Cricket Team is probably going to face the biggest and tournament-determining game of their T20 World Cup Campaign 2024. The match could turn out to be an ‘important game’ for the Women in Blue who look to make a desperate attempt for a top 4 finish.
Pitch Report for the India Women vs Australia Women Clash
The match between India Women and Australia Women is set to take place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium which has turned out to be a batting heaven for teams batting first. The teams who have batted first have scored 117 runs on average. Interestingly, in night games, batting first teams have won all three times in Sharjah in the ongoing tournament.
However, there are plenty of opportunities for the bowling side as well with both the spin and pace departments getting plenty of purchase from the pitch (50% for both spin and pace). Both sides possess a plethora of bowling options and will look to exploit the conditions of Sharjah to the fullest.
India Women vs Australia Women- Probable Playing XI
India XI
Richa Ghosh (wk), JI Rodrigues, S Mandhana, Shafali Verma, H Kaur (C), S Sajana, DB Sharma, Shreyanka Patil, A Sobhana, Renuka Singh, A Reddy
Australia XI
Alyssa Healy (C), BL Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield, A Gardner, TM McGrath, EA Perry, A Sutherland, G Wareham, S Molineux, TJ Vlaeminck, ML Schutt
India Women vs Austalia Women- Squad
India Women Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Yastika Bhatia (subject to fitness), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness), Sajana Sajeevan
Australia Women
Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vc), Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham.