India Women vs Australia Women Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for ICC T20 WC Semifinal
The Indian Women’s team is all set to take on the mighty Australian Women’s team in the semi final of the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. It will be an interesting clash here on Thursday at Newlands.
Record breaker Harmanpreet Kaur led Indian cricket team will be in their best of form, heading into the clash against he defending champion Australia who are led by their captain Meg Lanning.
Both the teams will be in action on the February 23rd, the first semifinal of the tournament. While the host nation South Africa will take on the most dreading England’s women team in the second semifinal.
India vs Australia ICC Women’s Semifinal Preview
India will head into the game as slightly the less favorites to win. Their tournament has been a mixture of thrilling and mediocre performances. They defeated the Pakistan side in a thriller, but then registered a rather tame win against Windies, before going down against England and winning against Ireland again.
Australia on the other hand has been an out and out powerhouse in the tournament. They have taken on the likes of Sophie Devine’s New Zealand, hosts South Africa, Bangladesh, and has managed to escape unscathed from all of them.
Hence coming off against a team that is yet to lose a match in the tournament will not be easy. But then it’s not like Indian Women will let Australian Women have an easy win.
They will be reminded of the 2020 final that they lost at Melbourne. Hence a win in this match will be fueled by an emotion of revenge and avenging their title hopes from two years ago.
With that being said, let’s take a look at the predicted lineups for the teams and a fantasy XI as well.
India Women vs Australia Women: Team News
India Women Team: The Indian team has reported no injuries, however they have rotated their squad enough to find the right combination in bowling specially, throughout this tournament.
Hence, it is possible that we might see another change in the combination against Australia, in a bid to play the best XI against the world champions. This means that Radha Yadav might replace Shikha Pandey or Pooja Vastrakar, to keep Australia at bay by using spin.
Australia Women Team: The world champions on the other hand would not want to make any changes to their lineup, given the great performance that they have put on in this tournament so far. Hence they are most likely to enter the game unchanged.
India Women vs Australia Women: Playing XI and Squad
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Richa Ghosh (WK), Devika Vaidya, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh
Australia: Beth Mooney (WK), Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning, Ashliegh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown
India Women vs Australia Women: Fantasy XI
Opening Batters: Smriti Mandhana and Beth Mooney
Middle Order: Meg Lanning, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur
Wicket Keeper: Richa Ghosh
All Rounders: Pooja Vastrakar, Ellyse Perry, Deepti Sharma
Bowlers: Megan Schutt and Renuka Thakur Singh
India Women vs Australia Women: Pitch Report
The Pitch at Newlands has been reported to be on the slower side, in comparison to other pitches in South Africa. Hence, the teams chasing find it hard to win the game here.
