ABOUT THE MATCH
The first match of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 is scheduled between Australia Women vs India Women at Sydney Cricket Ground – Sydney, Australia on Feb 21st. The live telecast will begin from 1:30 PM IST/ 08:00 AMGMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL.
TOSS PREDICTION
This pitch is generally favorable for the bowling side as per the trend. So we can expect the toss winning team might choose to bowl first.
PITCH AND CONDITIONS
This venue has hosted 5 matches in the Big Bash League so far in that 1 match is remained as high-scoring affair where both the teams scored over 160 runs. So we can expect that this pitch is well balanced for both batsman and the bowlers. And there is a slight chance of rain.
MATCH PREVIEW
Australia Women
- In the previous match in Women’s T20I Tri-Series in Australia Australia Women won the series by winning 4 matches.
- In that series, Australia Women has spotted on the top of the points table with 3 wins of 4 matches.
- Beth Mooney who came into the crease along with the opener had scored 71 runs off 51 balls.
- Ashleigh Gardner and Meg Lanning are looked good with their 26 runs each.
- Meg Lanning had clinched 5 wickets with leaking just 12 runs in 4 overs. Tayla Vlaeminck had picked 2 wickets.
- Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland had taken 1 wicket each.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF AUSTRALIA WOMEN
Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Rachael Haynes, Nicola Carey, Jess Jonassen, Megan Schutt, Tayla Vlaeminck
India Women
- In the final match of Tri-Series with Australia Women defeated India Women by 11 runs.
- India Women is in second place at the points table with 2 wins of 4 matches.
- In that match, Smriti Mandhana had scored 66 runs 37 runs with 12 boundaries.
- In the bowling unit, Deepti Sharma and Rajeshwari Gayakwad had picked 2 wickets each.
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Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy had taken 1 wicket each.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF INDIA WOMEN
Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
HEAD TO HEAD:
- Overall Matches – 18
- AUSTRALIA WOMEN WON – 13
- INDIA WOMEN WON – 5
- Draw – 0
- No- Result – 0
TEAM FORM IN LAST 5 MATCHES
AUSTRALIA WOMEN – W W L W T
INDIA WOMEN – L W L L W
PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS
AUSTRALIA WOMEN – Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt
INDIA WOMEN – Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma
BROADCAST DETAILS
- TV – Star Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, SuperSport, Fox Sports, Sky Sport NZ, OSN Sports Cricket HD, Gazi TV, Ten Sports
- Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Foxtel Sports, Sky Go, Now TV, OSN Play, Rabbithole BD
- Match Timings – 1:30 PM IST/ 08:00 AMGMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL.
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM
Although India does have quite a few big names on their side and can beat any team in the world on their day, we are backing the Aussies here to begin their title defense on a positive note.
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