India Women Playing XI vs Australia Women – IND-W vs AUS-W: India have recieved a major boost with captain Harmanpreet Kaur returning hospital to play in the big semifinal clash against Australia. However, Pooja Vastrakar has been ruled out of the clash with illness. India have opted to go with Yastika Bhatia. Radha Yadav who was also doubtful is playing. Follow ICC Women’s T20 WC 2023 LIVE with InsideSport.IN.
India Women Playing XI: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Yastika Bhatia, Sneh Rana, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh
“Pooja is unwell, so Sneh is replacing her. One more change is there. In place of Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Radha Yadav is in. I had a fever, but now I’m fine. One thing that we have been discussing throughout the tournament that we have to bat well that’s why we added one more batter. One more change: Yastika comes in for Devika,” Harmanpreet Kaur Kaur said at the toss.
IND-W vs AUS-W: Match Details
India Women vs Australia Women, 1st Semifinal, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
Date & Time: Thursday, February 23, 6:30 PM IST
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
India are through to the semi-finals 🥳
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India Women Playing XI: Harmanpreet, Radha & Pooja RULED OUT of SEMI-FINAL clash against HEAVYWEIGHT Aussies, Mandhana to lead, Follow T20 World Cup 2023 LIVE
Unlike Australians who will go unchanged in Newlands, Team India is hard to predict.
In Group Stage, Smriti Mandhana, the vice-captain, was welcomed back from a finger injury after missing the opening game vs Pakistan.
Then Shikha Pandey replaced Devika Vaidya in the starting lineup for India’s match against England.
However, Vaidya returned for India’s match against Ireland on Monday by removing Radha Yadav from the lineup.
As a result, India are a little harder to predict going into the semi-finals.
However given that Devika did not bowl a single delivery against Ireland, India can go back to a safer option in Radha Yadav.
Team Management will also give thought to playing both Radha and Devika in place of Shikha Pandey. But this will tinker the combination in the middle.
The Juggernaut of Team Australia
The Australians, who are currently No. 1 in the world, are attempting to win a hat-trick of Women’s T20 World Cup titles.
Australia have won 22 games in the format since winning the most recent tournament in 2020, losing just twice in regulation time—both to New Zealand.
Moreover, India has a poor recent record against the Australians. They suffered a huge T20I series loss at home in December after losing to them in the Commonwealth Games final in August.
India Women Playing XI: Harmanpreet, Radha & Pooja RULED OUT of SEMI-FINAL clash against HEAVYWEIGHT Aussies, Mandhana to lead, Follow T20 World Cup 2023 LIVE
India prevailed in the One-Over Elimination, while Australia won the other four games in the series, with the fifth game ending in a tie.
ICC T20I Rankings
India: 4th; Australia: 1st
Overall record in T20Is
Played 30 | Australia 22 | India 7 | NR: 1
Best T20 World Cup result
Australia: World Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020)
India: Runners-up (2020)
India Women Squad: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Devika Vaidya, Shikha Pandey, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Anjali Sarvani, Yastika Bhatia
India Women Playing XI: Harmanpreet, Radha & Pooja RULED OUT of SEMI-FINAL clash against HEAVYWEIGHT Aussies, Mandhana to lead, Follow T20 World Cup 2023 LIVE
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