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Two years after they performed the T20I World Cup last in entrance of 88,000 followers at a packed MCG, Australia and India will sq. off within the gold-medal match on the Commonwealth Games 2022.
The setting is probably rather less intimidating, however Edgbaston will possible be bought out to its 25,000 capability. This is a rivalry that’s quick gaining floor because the second largest in girls’s cricket after England vs Australia.
Form information
India WWWLW (final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)
Australia WWWWW
Players to observe
India are blessed to have three high quality allrounders in Deepti, Pooja Vastrakar and Sneh Rana. Deepti has lent a lot wanted batting depth and has been Harmanpreet’s go-to bowler to limit run-circulate, whereas Rana has been the banker. Vastrakar’s inclusion has given the workforce the stability they missed after they performed Australia within the opener. She is a helpful medium-pacer and may wield the lengthy deal with down the order. This is firmly a workforce that’s carving out an id that is not at all times celebrity centric.
Team news
The solely query dilemma India might have is between selecting a makeshift wicketkeeper who gives batting depth in Yastika Bhatia or an out-and-out wicketkeeper in Taniya Bhatia. The spate of run outs below strain on Saturday made it amply clear it helps to have a correct wicketkeeper in crunch moments.
India (doable): 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Deepti Sharma, 6 Taniya Bhatia (wk), 7 Sneh Rana, 8 Pooja Vastrakar, 9 Radha Yadav, 10 Meghna Singh, 11 Renuka Singh
She has bowled loads within the nets recently, however sport time stays elusive for celebrity allrounder Ellyse Perry. Barring an damage or a late change owing to quick turnaround time, it is possible she might must accept watching Australia’s whole CWG marketing campaign from the bench. Moreover, Meg Lanning has gone in with the identical XI in all of their 4 video games within the match.
Australia (doable): 1 Alyssa Healy (wk), 2 Beth Mooney, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Tahlia McGrath, 5 Rachael Haynes, 6 Ashleigh Gardner, 7 Grace Harris, 8 Jess Jonassen, 9 Alana King, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown
Pitch and circumstances
Forty overs of cricket would have already been performed on the floor by the point the ultimate comes round, with the bronze medal playoff between New Zealand and England having completed. On Saturday, the adjoining floor, ready equally with an excellent grass cowl that aids constant bounce, remained good for batting proper via. Expect extra of the identical on Super Sunday.