Published on: Feb 18, 2023 12:49 pm IST|Updated on: Feb 18, 2023 12:49 pm IST
It was a perfect start for India women’s team to the T20 World Cup 2023 as they displayed a staggering performance and defeated arch rivals Pakistan in their opening encounter and then thumped West Indies. However, their biggest challenges now awaits as they are all set to clash with England women, who are also in the red hot form.
Fixture Name: India women vs England women, 14th match Competition: T20 World Cup 2023 Date: 18th February 2022 Time: 6:30 PM IST Ground: St George’s Park, Gqeberha
The pitch at St George’s Park, Gqeberha is a batting friendly pitch. But one cannot rule out bowlers in the South African pitches. The stadium has been a a good chasing ground but the two games of the tournament that were played here has saw teams batting first struggling to get going. The crux from the two games is that it’s a happy chasing ground as batting gets easy in the second innings. Therefore teams winning the toss would want to chase first.
India Women– NR W L W W England Women – W W W W W
India Women:
Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Devika Vaidya, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur Singh
England Women:
Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver Brunt, Heather Knight(c), Amy Jones(w), Katherine Sciver Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlotte Dean, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell
Probable Best Batter
Smriti Mandhana– Stats in WT20Is
Indian batter Smriti Mandhana is expected to be the best batter in the T20 World Cup fixture against West Indies. She missed the game against Pakistan due to finger injury and missed on an opportunity against West Indies. But is expected to come back in the next game. The opening batter has been one of the best to have played for India batting at top and has piled up a huge amount of runs. Her stats are exceptional as she has scored 2651 runs in 112 games at an average and strike rate of 27.33 and 122 respectively.
Probable Best Bowler
Sarah Glenn– Stats in WT20Is
English spinner Sarah Glenn is expected to be best bowler in the game against India. She has been doing fine for her side in the middle overs. She took three wickets in the last game she played. Also with pitch favouring spinners, she is expected to shine. Her stats are good as in 43 games she has taken 52 wickets.
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