Women’s T-20 WC: Will India Grab Ticket To Finale In Do-Or-Die Match Against Australia Today?

Women’s T-20 WC: Team India is set to play its Semi Finals against the Kangaroos, Australia today i.e. on Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa. The match will start at 6.30 PM.

Over the last five years, the Indian women’s squad has been among the top teams, however unable to win the ultimate title till now. India has expectedly made the semifinals of another ICC event.

However, the team has been guilty of self-destructing in the past, especially in a knock-out game against England or Australia.

India Vs Australia: Women’s T-20 WC

Taking notes from the previous matches, Australia defeated the Indian squad in the T-20 WC finals at home and recently at the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham last year.

Since 2017, the Indian women’s squad has grown massively and now it is high time for the squad to prove its worth against the Australian in the do-or-die match.

‘Expecting a huge contest’ Australian opener

Australia opener Betth Mooney is wary of India’s challenge though going by past results, they should win comfortably.

Speaking to the media, Mooney said, “I’m expecting it to be a huge contest, they’ve pushed us significantly in the last few years, and they have a bunch of match winners in that line-up as well.”

“We’re not expecting it to be easy by any means, whether it’s with a bat or the ball, but we certainly know the style of play they’ve come at us with in the past and they know ours pretty well, too,” she added.

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Harmanpreet said though her team lost the home series, the players got a lot of confidence out of the high scoring five games.

“I think that series gave us a lot of confidence, you know, the brand of cricket we played in that particular series was something which gave us a lot of confidence,” Harmanpreet said.

Further, the Indian captain said, “And now we know them very well. We played five games back-to-back and then one practice game, we know, their strength, their weakness.”

Teams:

India: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Devika Vaidya, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur, Anjali Sarvani, Pooja Vastrakar, Rajeshwari Gayakwad and Shikha Pandey.

Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy, Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.