Women’s World Twenty20, 2018
New Zealand Women vs India Women, 1st Match | NZ-W vs IN-W WHO WILL WIN
After weeks of anticipation, euphoria, and off-course a plethora of practice matches, we are finally minutes away from the Women’s World Twenty20- a tournament which is expected to take Women’s cricket to a completely new level after a path-breaking World Cup last year in the UK.
This will be the first time that a Women’s World Twenty20 will be played away from the shadow from the Men’s event. The first game will see India Women take on the White Ferns’ in a Pool B encounter at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.
For the Women in Blue, the World Twenty20 offers them a chance to take that leap towards the holy grail after a path-breaking 2017 World Cup campaign. where they agonizingly lost at the final hurdle to England.
But, it wouldn’t be as hunky-dory for the Women in Blue. Only four members of their current squad have the experience of playing in the Windies and with Jhulan Goswami retiring from T20Is, their bowling unit will revolve around their skillful yet inexperienced spinners. They have had a good outing in the practice matches leading into the event with wins over defending champions Windies and England, but it’ll be a completely different ball game when the actual event starts.
The onus of holding the batting unit together will once again be on Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur while Jemimah Rodriques and Veda Krishnamurthy will provide the much-needed X-Factor to the middle-order.
They’ll be up against the White Ferns’ who boast of a formidable batting unit spearheaded by Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates and ably supported by Amy Sattherwaite and Maddy Green. All-rounder Amelia Kerr is the X-Factor who can change the game with both bat and ball while Lea Tahuhu will spearhead the fast bowling department.
The White Ferns’ have failed to reach the semi-finals since 2010 and they’ll hope to start their campaign on a positive note.
Match Details
Venue:- Providence Stadium, Guyana
Match Timing:- Friday, November 09, 2018, 08:30 PM IST
Read on for NZ-W vs IN-W Team News & NZ-W vs IN-W Playing 11
New Zealand Women
Amy Satterthwaite(c), Leigh Kasperek, Amelia Kerr, Katey Martin, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Watkin, Anna Peterson, Hannah Rowe, Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout, Sophie Devine, KE Ebrahim, Maddy Green, Holly Huddleston, Hayley Jensen
India Women
Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Radha Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, Dayalan Hemalatha, Mansi Joshi, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Smriti Mandhana, Mithali Raj, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia, Poonam Yadav
Here’s how both teams might line-up for NZ-W vs IN-W, 1st Match:-
New Zealand Women
Wicket-keeper – Katey Martin
Batswomen – Maddy Green, Hayley Jensen, Anna Peterson
All-rounders – Amy Satterthwaite, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine
Bowlers – Leigh Kasperek, Lea Tahuhu, Jess Watkin, Amelia Kerr
India Women
Wicket-keeper – Taniya Bhatia
Batswomen – Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mithali Raj
All-rounders – Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma
Bowlers – Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Ekta Bist, Mansi Joshi (Doubt: Arundhati Reddy, Pooja Vastrakar)
To be updated
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