CWG 2022 Cricket: India lose to Australia – Harmanpreet Kaur and Co suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Commonwealth Games opener on Friday. Harmanpreet Kaur, and Renuka Singh starred but Australia sealed the chase in style. India will now face arch-rivals Pakistan on July 31. Follow Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
India Playing XI: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur.
Australia XI: Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Tahlia McGrath, Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
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Cricket has returned to the CWG after 24 years and the match between Indian and Australia will be the first-ever women’s cricket match played in the multi-sport event. Totally eight teams will be featuring in the competition and they are divided into two groups of four teams each.
Groups
India is in Group A with Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the second group will have England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka facing each other. Each team will be facing other teams in their group once and the top two teams in each group will qualify for the semifinals. The losers of the semifinals will face-off in the Bronze medal contest, while the winners will get the Gold medal and the runner-up will settle for silver.
How did Barbados qualify?
It is interesting to note that while the players from all the Carribbean nations will represent West Indies in all the ICC events, in the Commonwealth Games since a nation has to represent it, West Indies decided to conduct a tournament to decide which country would qualify for the CWG 2022. However this tournament was cancelled and Barbados were selected as they were the defending champions of their regional T20 competition, Women’s T20 Blaze.
Squads
The Indian team is depleted after two players tested positive for Covid 19 and are still in India. While the names of the players are not yet revealed, India will play against Australia without those two players.
India have a good spin bowling unit with Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav, Sneh Rana in their ranks. The batting too looks strong with the explosive Shefali Verma and Smriti Mandhana in the top order.Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues and Yastika Bhatia makes this a well-rounded attack.
Team India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.
Standby: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.
Other Squads
Barbados Squad: Hayley Matthews (c), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shanika Bruce, Shai Carrington, Shaunte Carrington, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Keila Elliott, Trishan Holder, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Alisa Scantlebury, Shakera Selman, Tiffany Thorpe, Aaliyah Williams
Australia Squad: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Beth Mooney, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington.
England: Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver (vc), Maia Bouchier, Katherine Brunt, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt
Pakistan: Bismah Maroof (c), Muneeba Ali (wk), Anam Amin, Aiman Anwer, Diana Baig, Nida Dar, Gull Feroza (wk), Tuba Hassan, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadia Iqbal, Iram Javed, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail
New Zealand: Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Izzy Gaze, Claudia Green, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Jess McFadyen, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Anushka Sanjeewani, Malsha Shehani, Rashmi Silva
South Africa: Suné Luus (c), Anneke Bosch, Trisha Chetty, Lara Goodall, Sinalo Jafta, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Nadine de Klerk, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Mignon du Preez, Tumi Sekhukhune, Shabnim Ismail, Chloe Tryon, Laura Wolvaardt
Complete Schedule
India’s Schedule for CWG 2022 Cricket
| Dates | Day | Match | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 29 July 2022 | Friday | Australia v India | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Australia won by three wickets |
| 31 July 2022 | Sunday | India v Pakistan | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 3:30 PM |
| 3 August 2022 | Wednesday | India v Barbados | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 10:30 PM |
| 6 August 2022 | Saturday | Semi-final 1 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 3:30 PM |
| 6 August 2022 | Saturday | Semi-final 2 | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 10:30 PM |
| 7 August 2022 | Sunday | Bronze Medal Match | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 2:30 PM |
| 7 August 2022 | Sunday | Gold Medal Match | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 9:30 PM |
How many teams will compete in the CWG 2022 Cricket?
Eight teams divided into two groups of four teams each will compete in the CWG 2022 Cricket with a total of 16 matches taking place.
When will the IND-W vs AUS-W match be played?
IND-W vs AUS-W match will be played on July 29
Where will the cricket matches at CWG 2022 be played?
All the matches will be played in England
What is the venue for Cricket in CWG 2022 ?
IND-W vs AUS-W will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
Where to watch CWG 2022 Cricket matches LIVE streaming?
CWG 2022 LIVE on Sony Sports Network on 6 Channels. The LIVE Coverage of the Games will be available in 4 languages i.e Hindi, English, Tamil & Telugu. Besides Sony Sports Network, SonyLIV will LIVE Stream the event for the fans in the Indian Sub-Continent. It is worth noting that CWG 2022 will also be available on DD SPORTS.
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