IND-W Vs AUS-W When and where to watch: The No.1 ranked team and current T20I champions Australia are set to tour India for a five-match T20I series, starting December 2022.
The last time both teams met this year was in the finals of the Commonwealth Games, which was a nail-biting affair but at last won by Australia by 9 runs.
With Indian team also playing with full strength team, this series is anticipated as one of the most thrilling series of the year.
Harmanpreet Kaur as expected will lead team India, while Alyssa Healy will lead team Australia during the India tour in the absence of regular skipper Meg Lanning.
IND-W Vs AUS-W When and where to watch?
The T20I series between India and Australia women will kick-start from December 09 to 20. It will be a five-match series with first two games of the series will take place at the DY Patil Sports Academy in Mumbai and the last T20 matches will take place at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai
The live telecasting of the series will be available to watch at the Sony Sports Network. Fans can enjoy the live streaming of the T20Is series on the Sonyliv app.
While you can track all the live updates of the IND-W Vs AUS-W T20I series on the stumps and bails website as well.
IND-W Vs AUS-W squads
India Squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Singh Thakur, Meghna Singh, Anjali Sarvani, Devika Vaidya, S Meghana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Harleen Deol
Australia Squad
Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland
IND-W Vs AUS-W Key Players to watch out for
The players to watch out for in the T20I series between India women and Australia women would be the skipper of India Harmanpreet Kaur, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and reliable top-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues, as all three are in good form and will most likely to dominate the shortest format series. Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh will be the bowlers from India, Australia should aware of.
Smriti Mandhana is the highest run-scorer for India in T20Is this year, with 466 runs in 18 games at an average of 35.84 at a good strike rate of 133.14.
Jemimah Rodrigues has impressed the most in 2022, as she carrying an average of 54.37 at a healthy strike rate of 125.00 in 16 games she featured in for India and scored 435 runs.
The skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has scored 387 runs at an average of 35.18 in 17 T20Is for India in 2022.
Deepti Sharma has bagged the highest wickets for India in 2022, with 23 wickets in 20 games.
While the pacer Renuka Singh is just behind Deepti, as she dismissed 20 batters in 17 T20I matches.
There are many quality players in the Australian side too like Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Asleigh Gardner and Heather Graham who hold the ability to score quick runs and also change the course of the game with their all-around performance, and with all are in solid form, it will be exciting to witness how they all will perform during their tour to India.
